POLITICS 04/16/2018 07:10 am ET
Trump Campaign Continues Big Spending On Lawyers
Trump’s re-election campaign spent 20 percent of its 2018 expenditures on legal fees.
By Mary Papenfuss
President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign this year continued big spending on lawyers, with more than 20 percent of all expenditures in the first quarter going to legal fees, according to documents filed Sunday with the Federal Election Commission.
Trump’s campaign spent a total of $3.9 million through the end of March, with $834,000 going to eight law firms and the Trump Corp. for legal expenses, according to the documents. The Trump Corp. — owned by the president and run by sons Eric and Donald Trump Jr. — collected $24,000.
Trump Campaign Continues Big Spending On Lawyers
Trump’s re-election campaign spent 20 percent of its 2018 expenditures on legal fees.
By Mary Papenfuss
President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign this year continued big spending on lawyers, with more than 20 percent of all expenditures in the first quarter going to legal fees, according to documents filed Sunday with the Federal Election Commission.
Trump’s campaign spent a total of $3.9 million through the end of March, with $834,000 going to eight law firms and the Trump Corp. for legal expenses, according to the documents. The Trump Corp. — owned by the president and run by sons Eric and Donald Trump Jr. — collected $24,000.
