KEY POINTS

  • A growing number of Republican National Committee members believe its campaign arm should help pay mounting legal bills for former President Donald Trump.
  • Such a move could strain the party’s ability to financially support other candidates in the 2024 election when Trump is expected to face off against President Joe Biden.
  • Trump faces four pending criminal cases and civil judgments of nearly $550 million in damages.
  • @paddirn
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    458 months ago

    I mean, as much as I hate Trump, I do also like the idea of him weakening the GOP by draining their coffers to pay an army of lawyers, though I’m guessing he ends up stiffing at least some of his lawyers and pocketing a good portion of the proceeds. Grifters gonna grift.

    • @[email protected]
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      278 months ago

      I won’t be surprised when we find out those ‘allies’ who want to pay his bills are getting a cut of the grift.

      • FuglyDuck
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        118 months ago

        Did he get his daughter on the board yet?

      • @Jackcooper
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        38 months ago

        Promised a cut that never comes*