Trump used $58 million from the donor to pay his legal fees

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  1. Arkanis

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    President Donald Trump has commandeered an astonishing $58.4 million in campaign donations for legal and compliance fees, The New York Times reported Saturday.

    The president has treated campaign coffers like his own “piggy bank,” sending millions to law firms for whatever battle he wants to fight, including some protecting his own interests, according to the Times.

    https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/trump-campaign-money_n_5f5430c5c5b6946f3eb2d961?ri18n=true

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    Details of these expenses are listed here.

    This explains, in large part, why Trump's campaign is cash-strapped and can no longer afford to advertise in some states, including Arizona.

    I hope Trump will thank his generous and naive donors for saving him millions of dollars in legal fees.
     
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    I hope they'll learn, and stop donating to Trump. That goes for large and small donors.

    Didn't he brag four years ago to be so rich, he didn't need campaign donations? That he wouldn't be beholden to big money folks from Wall Street?

    So much for that. The Liar in Chief.
     
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    Good there are all sorts of legal fees a campaign has to be involved with...especially this year with some many leftwing Govts attempting to undermine the election with universial mail in voting.

    A campaign having a legal fund is a smart move...does Biden not have one?
     
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    Yeah... but he never said that he wouldn't be so criminal that he would need those campaign contributions for his legal fees.
     
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    Nothing illegal or immoral about this. Good on Trump and good on his donors for having his back against the illogical and immoral attacks he is facing.
     
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  6. struth

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    Can you provide a source that any of these fees were for anything criminal?

    A number are actually for compliance consulting...you knowto make sure you are following the law. Does Biden have anything like that? That should be concerning
     
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    Good thing Democrats are helping him free of charge. Are those donating to the dems also naive?
     
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    False.

    Those were dollars deducted from US taxes.

    Trump stole MILLIONS from the federal government by doing that.

    This is one more serious crime that Trump has committed.

    People go to jail for this kind of crime.
     
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    Obama and the DNC spent over $10 million and he wasn't attacked like Trump.
     
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    Right ok let us know when this becomes real and anyone goes to jail. Same old same old with Dems.
     
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    NO, this is NOT how our justice system works. What kind of nonsense system do you think we HAVE here in the USA??

    Trump doesn't get to be excused from this federal crime on the grounds that someone else committed a similar crime.

    If I rob a bank, I don't get to be excused because someone else robbed a bank.

    If I don't pay my taxes, I don't get to be excused because others didn't pay their taxes.
     
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    ???
    Trump's theft of tax free donations IS a serious federal crime.

    This is not about legal expenditures - it's about crime.
     
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    ???

    Are you suggesting that Trump will dodge acountability for this crime he committed?

    And if so, what part are you suggesting that Dems would have to do with that?
     
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    Trump's crime is that he spent tax free campaign donations on something personal.

    It doesn't matter what the personal issue was.

    This is something Trump has done MULTIPLE TIMES in the past.

    In fact, he had to dump his charitable foundation because he used the funds for personal purposes.
     
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    They are so desperate to get rid of Trump they are making up crimes. Libs sue Trump 5x before he has finished his orange juice each morning and they are mad because his campaign has a legal defense fun for the future cheat by mail voting scam.
     
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    No I'm saying you have ZERO idea of what your talking about. You're talking federal crimes which is absurd. You have ZERO evidence of anything remotely close to a federal crime. The items listed in the article are more than legit, fighting a stupid california law to allow him to run. Covering legal expenses for campaign employees in the Leftie La La land Russian Probe etc. I'm surprised you're not claiming victory for all the wild lefty lawsuits and probes that caused the campaign to spend 58 million in campaign funds.
     
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    Which the article doesn't say, tell us Will how much was personal?
     
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    What was it that he spent it on personally???
     
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    Please settle down a little and try to focus:

    Diverting income tax free donations for personal use IS a crime.

    And, it involves federal dollars.
     
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    Imagine that the broke state of NY using the resources of the SDNY ( aka tax payer money) to mindlessly and endlessly sue a President.
     
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    OK, not sure of your question here.

    First of all, it doesn't matter what personal issue he spent it on. If it is personal and came from tax free donations, it is a crime.

    The claim being made at present is that he spent the $58M on laywers who were dealing with personal issue. Whether Trump was using the money to defend himself against a false charge is irrelevant. If it was personal, it was a federal crime.
     
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    I am still looking for evidence that this has happened...it appears your comment is not relevant to this thread at all
     
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    LOL I'm very settled let's stick to the facts shall we, where or what tax payer dollar was spent on personal legal fees. We know your hit an run style, step up and point one out since your claiming federal crimes.
     
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    I am asking you to support you claim.

    The link in the OP is from the FEC, where its all been reported since 2015....they haven't found any issues or made such a claim.
     
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    Our system causes these cases to be dragged out by allowing defendants to challenge every aspect of the investigation and prosecution. When the felon has millions of bucks to spend, that can go on for a long time.

    The way to end these cases is to honor the rights of investigators to view the evidence.
     

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