Former President Donald Trump has reportedly splurged a whopping $50 million worth of donors’ money on his mounting legal bills in 2023.
As per the New York Times, Trump spent $50 million from several super PACs “paying the bills stemming from his various legal defenses, including lawyers for witnesses.”
The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman and Shane Goldmacher reported that 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.”
They continued:
“Mr. Trump has paid legal expenses through both Save America and a second account, called the Make America Great Again PAC, which is an outgrowth of his 2020 re-election committee. In the first half of 2023, Save America transferred $5.85 million to the Make America Great Again PAC, which spent almost all of that sum on legal and investigation-related costs. The roughly $50 million figure is a combination of such costs through both groups.”
The exact number that Trump has spent on legal bills will reportedly be made public in Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings on Wednesday.
Trump has been battling four major legal troubles: charges in New York for falsifying business documents in connection to payments he made to the pornographic actress Stormy Daniels, federal charges over his retention and handling of government documents, and two separate indictments – one federal and one state – related to his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Trump has also been fighting several cases related to E. Jean Carroll, who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in the 1990s. Last year, Trump was found liable for sexual assault and ordered to pay $5 million. On Friday, Trump was also found liable for defamation against Carroll and ordered to pay a whopping $83.3 million in damages and reputational repair.
