Trump Cult Paid $50 Million For His Legal Fees

The Federal Election Commission will disclose today that political action committees (PACs) linked to the Malignant Loser paid approximately $50 million for his legal expenses in 2023. From the New York Times:

"The exact figure spent on legal bills will be reported on Wednesday in new filings to the Federal Election Commission. But even those totals can be imprecise depending on how certain expense items are categorized by those doing the paperwork. [snip]

Mr. Trump, who has long been loath to pay lawyers himself and has a history of stiffing those who represent him, has used funds in his political action committee, known as Save America, to underwrite his legal bills. The account was originally flooded with donations that were collected during the period immediately after the 2020 election when he was making widespread and false claims of voting fraud.

But with Save America’s coffers nearly drained last year, Mr. Trump sought to refill them through a highly unusual transaction: He asked for a refund of $60 million that he had initially transferred to a different group, a pro-Trump super PAC called MAGA Inc., to support his 2024 campaign.

In addition, Mr. Trump has been directing 10 percent of donations raised online to Save America, meaning 10 cents of every dollar he has received from supporters is going to a PAC that chiefly funds his lawyers." (our emphasis)

One would think a self-described billionaire like the Malignant Loser wouldn't tap his aging cultists for $10 and $20 dollar donations, but of course he believes they owe it to him for whatever reason. We hope his consigliere and depraved bootlicker Rudy "Toot Toot" Giuliani is keeping track of the money, since he claims the Malignant Loser stiffed owes him for his fees.

In a related story, the Malignant Loser appears to be searching for a new lawyer to represent him in the sure-to-fail appeal of the $83.3 million defamation case brought by E. Jean Carroll, shit-posting on his ironically named "Truth Social" media site:

"I am in the process, along with my team, of interviewing various law firms to represent me in an Appeal of one of the most ridiculous and unfair Witch Hunts our Country has ever seen....Any lawyer who takes a TRUMP CASE is either 'CRAZY,' or a TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOT. I will make my decision soon!"

Bye-bye Melania impersonator / Trump mistress wannabe Alina Habba, hello another crazy person, and certainly not a patriot! Say, what about Rudy?

(photo: Habba might want to stay out of the street these days)