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☆ 40 million ways Trump’s campaign is morphing into his legal defense
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Legal net tightens while Trump creates new echo of first impeachmentTrump’s legal struggles still dominate the Republican race. Despite Trump’s legal woes, no rival Republican has shown much sign of narrowing his double-digit lead in national primary polls. The PAC, Save America, has spent more than $40 million on legal fees since the start of this year, a source familiar with the matter told CNN, which is more than double the amount the group spent on legal fees in all of 2022. The details of the spending on legal fees by Trump’s PAC were first reported by the Washington Post. “I have good friends who did nothing wrong who had their legal fees paid by Save America PAC.

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☆ Trump leadership PAC requests $60 million refund from super PAC as legal fees mount
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Kristen Holmes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —As legal fees for Donald Trump and his associates mount, the former president’s leadership PAC that has been used to pay many of these bills requested a refund on a $60 million contribution it made to a super PAC supporting Trump, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. The leadership PAC, Save America, spent more than $40 million on legal fees for him and many of his associates since the start of 2023. The new charges included allegations that Trump and his employees attempted to delete Mar-a-Lago security footage sought by the grand jury. Additionally, earlier this year, Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury on more than 30 counts related to business fraud. The new fund will be called the Patriot Legal Defense Fund Inc., sources previously told CNN, and will be led by Trump associate and adviser Michael Glassner.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jack Smith, Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira, Trump, De Oliveira, Michael Glassner Organizations: CNN, president’s, PAC, Trump, Save, The New York Times, White, Capitol, Patriot Legal Defense Fund Inc Locations: Save America, Manhattan, Fulton County, Georgia

☆ Trump team creating legal defense fund
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Kristen Holmes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump’s team is creating a legal defense fund to help offset some of the enormous bills incurred as his legal troubles mount, two sources familiar with the planning told CNN. The new fund will be called the Patriot Legal Defense Fund Inc., according to the sources, and will be led by Trump associate and adviser Michael Glassner. The new charges included allegations that Trump and his employees attempted to delete Mar-a-Lago security footage sought by the grand jury. Video Ad Feedback Hear Michael Cohen's advice to indicted Trump aide 02:12 - Source: CNNEarlier this year, Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury on more than 30 counts related to business fraud. Trump has expanded his legal team in light of the mounting legal battles he is facing.

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Former President Donald J. Trump’s team is creating a legal-defense fund to handle some of the crush of legal bills stemming from the investigations and criminal indictments involving him and a number of employees and associates, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. The fund, which is expected to be called the Patriot Legal Defense Fund Inc., will be led by Michael Glassner, a longtime Trump political adviser, according to the people familiar with the planning, who were not authorized to discuss it publicly. Another Trump aide who worked at the Trump Organization and then in Mr. Trump’s administration, Lynne Patton, will also be involved, the people said. It is unclear how broad a group of people the legal-defense fund will cover, but one person said it was not expected to cover Mr. Trump’s own legal bills. In recent months Mr. Trump’s political action committee has paid legal bills for him and several witnesses, spending over $40 million on lawyers in the first half of 2023.

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