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In 2023, Save America disbursed a total of $1,303,667.11 to the law firm Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, and $1,042,479 to the firm Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel, & Frederick. AdvertisementBoth firms represented Ivanka Trump in New York Attorney General Letitia James's sprawling lawsuit against the Trump Organization, Donald Trump, his three eldest children, and several executives over its finances. Clifford S. Robert and Michael Farina of Robert & Robert served as their local counsel while also defending Eric Trump and Donald Trump, Jr. in the litigation. Kellogg and Figel withdrew from representing Ivanka Trump the following month as the case moved closer to trial. Ivanka Trump didn't respond to a request for comment.
Persons: , Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, Robert, — Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump, Donald Trump , Jr, Trump, He's, Robert Maguire, Maguire, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel, Frederick, Ivanka, Letitia James's, Michael K, Kellogg Hansen, Reid M, Clifford S, Michael Farina, Farina, Lev Radin, Troutman Pepper, Bennett S, Moskowitz, Jeffrey Epstein's, Ketan D, Bhirud, Trump's, Arthur Engoron, Jane Rosenberg, wasn't, Moskowitz —, general's, Michael Cohen, Jared Kushner, Amalija Knavs, Robert didn't, It's, Kushner Organizations: Service, Save America PAC, Commission, Business, PAC, Trump Organization, Save, Trump, Citizens, Election Defense Fund, Ivanka Trump, New York, Pacific Press, Getty, Ivanka Trump's, New, Trump's Save America PAC, Court, REUTERS, America, MAGA PAC, Republican Locations: Washington, New, New York, DC, Manhattan, New York City, U.S, Florida, Palm Beach , Florida
By Alexandra Ulmer(Reuters) -Hotelier Robert Bigelow told Reuters on Tuesday he gave Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump $1 million for his legal fees and agreed to donate another $20 million to a pro-Trump outside group for campaign purposes. "I gave him $1 million towards his legal fees a few weeks ago. Bigelow's donations also highlight the unusual role some political donors are playing as Trump faces four pending criminal cases this year. BILLS AND FINESFor all of Trump's political success, however, his legal costs are rapidly mounting. When asked whether he was considering donating more to help pay Trump's legal fees, Bigelow declined to comment.
Persons: Alexandra Ulmer, Robert Bigelow, Donald Trump, Democrat Joe Biden, Bigelow, Trump, Nikki Haley, Haley, Ron DeSantis, E, Jean Carroll, Jack Queen, Ross Colvin, Stephen Coates Organizations: Reuters, Republican, Trump, America, Democrat, Bigelow Aerospace, The, Department, Trump's Republican, New York, New York Times, Save America PAC Locations: Nevada, Trump, Florida
Rudy Giuliani keeps saying he's broke and can't pay legal bills. Giuliani, US District Judge Beryl Howell wrote, provided only "a sliver of the financial documents required to be produced" for the lawsuit. Since the dawn of time, people have made up excuses to avoid doing things they do not want to do," Smartmatic's lawyers wrote. According to Smartmatic, Giuliani has provided shifting and slippery answers to questions about whether he can afford them. AdvertisementAdvertisement"So far, Giuliani's financial position tends to be whatever is most convenient for Giuliani," Smartmatic's lawyers wrote.
Persons: Rudy Giuliani, he's, Giuliani, Beryl Howell, Howell, didn't, — he's, , Donald Trump, Rudy, Smartmatic, Joe Biden, Jacquelyn Martin, Giuliani hasn't, he'll, Spencer Platt, Mayor Giuliani, Ted Goodman Organizations: FBI, Service, US, Manhattan , New York City, Hamptons, New York Times, Trump, Save America PAC, Giuliani, Manhattan Locations: Wall, Silicon, Georgia, Manhattan, Manhattan , New York, Atlanta, New York
"Trump Employee 4" had initially been represented by a lawyer paid for by a Trump political action committee. Nauta is represented by Stanley Woodward, who previously repped Trump Employee 4, and prosecutors said that Woodward's continued presence in the case could also mark a conflict of interest. AdvertisementAdvertisement"Advising Trump Employee 4 to correct his sworn testimony would result in testimony incriminating Mr. Woodward's other client, Nauta; but permitting Trump Employee 4's false testimony to stand uncorrected would leave Trump Employee 4 exposed to criminal charges for perjury," prosecutors said in the filing. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn the latest development, federal prosecutors said that they plan to call on Taveras to describe the pressure campaign to delete security footage. "The Government anticipates calling Trump Employee 4 as a trial witness and expects that he will testify to conduct alleged in the superseding indictment regarding efforts to delete security footage," prosecutors wrote.
Persons: Trump, Donald Trump's, Jack Smith's, , Prosecutors, Taveras, Aileen Cannon, Smith, Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira, Stanley Woodward, Woodward's, Mr, uncorrected, Woodward, De Oliveira Organizations: Trump, Service, Trump's Save America PAC, NBC News, US, Prosecutors, DOJ Locations: Wall, Silicon, Florida, Washington, Taveras
Trump's Save America PAC raised over $15 million in the first half of 2023, spent over $30 million and now has about $3.6 million on hand, according to Federal Election Commission records. The committee came into 2023 in a strong position, raising over $100 million in 2022 and finishing with $18 million on hand. The super PAC supporting Florida Gov. His own campaign raised around $20 million and went into the third quarter with just over $12 million on hand. The super PAC came into the later stages of the year with $30 million on hand.
Persons: Donald Trump, Donald Trump's, Ron DeSantis, Joe Biden, Trump, he's, Chris Christie, Christie, Charles Koch, Biden Organizations: U.S, Republican, Florida Gov, Trump's Save America PAC, Commission, NBC, Trump PAC, New, New Jersey Gov, CNBC, Trump, FEC, Koch Industries, Prosperity, PAC, Make, Inc Locations: Erie , Pennsylvania, U.S, New Jersey, Florida, Mar
WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump's political action committee is expected to report on Monday that it has spent about $40 million in legal fees in the first half of 2023 to defend Trump and his advisers, among others, the Washington Post reported. The New York Times separately reported that the PAC has sought the return of $60 million it made to another group supporting Trump, a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Citing people familiar with the matter, the Post said the PAC's spending on legal costs has drawn scrutiny from prosecutors about potential conflicts of interest between Trump and witnesses. Trump's Save America PAC is expected to disclose about $40.2 million in legal spending in a filing on Monday, the Post said, citing people who spoke on condition of anonymity. Trump faces dozens of federal charges in Florida over the retention of sensitive government records at his home in the state.
Persons: Donald Trump's, Trump's, Trump, Stormy Daniels, Steven Cheung, Patricia Zengerle, Ted Hesson, Don Durfee, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Former U.S, Trump, Washington Post, The New York Times, PAC, Post, Trump's Save America PAC, New York Times, Save America PAC, Times, weaponized Department of Justice, Thomson Locations: Former, Florida, New York
Melania Trump's stylist received $132,000 for "strategy consulting" in 2022, FEC filings show. Herve Pierre Braillard designed Melania Trump's dress for her husband's inaugural ball. Reports of Save America PAC paying Braillard first emerged in August 2022, showing at that time that the fund had paid the stylist $60,000 for "strategy consulting." The Federal Elections Commission does not allow PACs to spend money on personal items, but leadership PACs such as Save America PAC have fewer spending restrictions. Trump's Save America PAC was established in November 2020, just days after President Joe Biden's election victory, and has fundraised on the back of promoting voter fraud claims and supporting Trump's chosen candidates.
Judges have repeatedly slammed Trump for using lawsuits "to advance a political narrative." "Keep Trump busy, because this is the way you defeat him, to keep him busy with litigation," Trump testified in the deposition, speaking in the third person. US District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks said that Trump has a "pattern of misusing the courts to serve political purposes." Trump's lawyers have to deal with his 2024 runIn the Trump lawsuits that haven't been dismissed, those trials may need to be scheduled around his 2024 campaign events. A trial for Carroll's claims is set for April of this year, and James' lawsuit against Trump is on track for October.
The Save America PAC is subscribed to the New York Times and the "thoroughly disgusting" Washington Post, among other outlets. Trump's Save America PAC subscribed to the New York Times, the "thoroughly disgusting" Washington Post, and even Insider. During the 2021-2022 election cycle, the Save America PAC purchased multiple $17 subscriptions to the New York Times, $40 subscriptions to the Financial Times, and a $75 subscription to the Washington Post. The Save America PAC did not respond to Insider's request for comment. On December 14, for example, the Save America Joint Fundraising Committee blasted out a text message from the former president.
The January 6 committee claimed a witness had been advised to alter their testimony, CNN reported. The attorney denied the allegations to Insider, saying he represented Hutchinson "honorably." Two sources told CNN that Hutchinson had relayed the incident to the Department of Justice. Sources told CNN that Trump's Save America PAC paid for Passantino to represent Hutchinson through Passantino's law firm Elections LLC. Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, the law firm that listed Passantino as a partner, told CNN it was not involved in the situation.
Who will control the US Senate is still unknown as results from Arizona and Nevada continue trickling in. A text message sent from former President Donald Trump's political committees Save America Joint Fundraising CommitteeSave America Joint Fundraising CommitteeTrump's PACs could choose to use some of that money to boost the remaining GOP Senate candidates. The rest of it — nearly $70 million in Save America alone, per federal records — remains unspent. Some of the biggest candidate-related spending Trump's Save America PAC has done this year? On Tuesday night, the Save America Joint Fundraising Committee blasted another fundraising missive with the message: "DO YOU WANT PRESIDENT TRUMP TO RUN IN 2024?"
read more Save America is a fundraising body known as a leadership PAC, which only allows politicians to help their allies financially. To be sure, Trump's Save America PAC has spent money on the midterms: close to $9 million on rallies with candidates where Trump has repeatedly hinted he could run for president again; and a similar amount on direct contributions to the more than 200 candidates Trump has endorsed. Reuters GraphicsFEDERAL PROBEThe New York Times reported earlier this month that a federal grand jury in Washington was seeking information on the formation of - and spending by - Save America. During the first half of the year, Save America vacuumed in close to a fifth of the funds raised through WinRed, the main Republican online fundraising platform. Save America regularly sends supporters emails proclaiming them "Patriot of the Month" - or chiding them for not yet contributing.
The NY attorney general filed a fraud lawsuit against Donald Trump, his business, and three of his children. Trump's son Eric, who was also named in the AG suit, immediately lashed out at the attorney geernal. "Letitia James is the most corrupt Attorney General in United States History," he wrote on Truth Social. "Letitia James is the most corrupt Attorney General in United States History - she campaigned on the promised to sue my father… watch for yourself!" During James' campaign for attorney general in 2018, she said she would investigate Donald Trump and his business.
Trump put down a $3 million retainer for attorney Christopher M. Kise, a sum that The New York Times called "unusually high." The competency of Trump's current legal team has been questioned by his advisors and others. Christopher M. Kise, formerly the solicitor general of Florida, agreed to defend Trump with an "unusually high" $3 million retainer, The New York Times reported on Friday, citing two unnamed sources familiar with the matter. With Trump facing numerous legal battles, his legal team has also been at the center of controversy since the 2020 election and the January 6 insurrection. A former Trump attorney, Eric Herschmann, has called into question the competency of some attorneys on the team, The Times reported.
Trump's Save America PAC released a photo showing the former president meeting with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on January 28. It added: "President Trump will always and forever be a champion for the American People." Millions of Trump supporters would likely follow Trump to a new political party — if he chose to break away from the Republican Party. Afterward, McCarthy predicted intraparty peace, saying in a statement: "President Trump committed to helping elect Republicans in the House and Senate in 2022." "President Trump has agreed to work with Leader McCarthy on helping the Republican Party to become a majority in the House."
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