Some of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the sprawling election subversion case in Georgia are trying all sorts of ways to fund their mounting legal bills – yet the costs of the 2020 election fallout may quickly exceed their abilities to pay.

At least four have turned to crowdfunding online, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay for defense lawyers. One now has a political action committee to help with legal fees. Another has an ally in Congress vowing to support his legal defense. While another ended up spending nearly a week in jail because he initially couldn’t afford to hire an attorney.

Trump has covered the legal bills of aides, advisers and employees during the House select committee’s probe into January 6, 2021, and federal investigations, including his two co-defendants in the classified documents case, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, both of whom work for the former president.

But there is no sign yet that Trump intends to do so for any of his co-defendants in the Georgia case, which alleges that he and others engaged in a criminal conspiracy to subvert the state’s 2020 election results. In fact, Trump has publicly distanced himself from them, telling Newsmax he doesn’t know “a lot of these people.”

  • @Wodge
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    351 year ago

    Well it’s time these idiots flipped on him.

    • Boddhisatva
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      281 year ago

      Probably too late. If the DA doesn’t need anything they have, they are not going to offer them anything to flip. IANAL, but as I understand it, it’s generally just the first one to flip that gets a deal. Everyone else is fucked unless they know something that the first guy to flip didn’t.

      • @MrJameGumb
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        91 year ago

        Is shouting “I ANAL” really the best way to tell people that you’re not a lawyer? Lol

        • Dee
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          191 year ago

          For me, it’s about efficiency. Because I am not a lawyer, but I also do anal.

          • @dogslayeggs
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            71 year ago

            Sometimes when fishing, it’s purely about number of casts. Keep shouting it enough and you’ll get that anal, little bud!

              • @MrJameGumb
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                11 year ago

                What’s going on?

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      • Random Dent
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        11 year ago

        Yeah especially when you start to get down to the randos who just showed up because they saw it on Facebook or whatever. They don’t really have anything useful to add at all, so might as well throw the book at them.

      • @Clent
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        101 year ago

        There’s a name for them “flying monkeys”

      • @CADmonkey
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        41 year ago

        I looked into it, what makes people back this guy against all better sense. I think I know why they’re doing it.

        It’s because they’re stupid.

    • @Modva
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      41 year ago

      If they haven’t seen through it until now, they never will