Trump’s Reelect Campaign Spent $1.2 Million On Legal Fees So Far This Year

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President Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign has spent $1.2 million on legal fees so far this year, according to a Sunday Buzzfeed News report.

The numbers come from the most recent FEC filings and include payment to firms Harder LLP and Larocca, Hornik, Rosen, Greenberg & Blaha, both of which are reportedly involved in Trump’s legal battle with Stormy Daniels.

The campaign has also doled out money to Trump-owned enterprises, including $5,500 to the Trump Corporation and $275,000 to Trump properties like the Trump International Hotel in DC and Trump Doral Golf Resort in Florida.

Per Buzzfeed, the campaign raised $8.4 million and spent $3.6 million between April and July. The campaign reportedly has $33.1 million in its warchest. This figure grows significantly when including the two Trump-aligned committees.

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  1. That’s what they’ve paid, the amount invoiced is probably $112 million.

  2. We need to triple that before November.

  3. Too bad all the dark money people seem to have bottomless pockets.

  4. Drumpf hasn’t spent one nickel of his own money for his own legal fees or that of anyone in his cadre of criminals. It all OPM, just like he does when he runs any of his business enterprises. He’s never sacrificed a thing for his own malfeasance. Its sickening.

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