It’s not the first time Trump has indicated he would cover the legal fees of his supporters. At a caucus-day rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, he told the crowd, “If you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them.
Describing “a lawyer at a white-shoe firm” who worked for Trump in the 1990s, Enrich writes: “The bill came to about $2m and Trump refused to pay.
Accounts of Trump refusing to pay legal and other bills are legion. In New York, his business and tax affairs are the subject of civil and criminal investigations.
Donald Trump once tried to pay a lawyer he owed $2m with a deed to a horse. The bizarre scene is described in Servants of the Damned: Giant Law Firms, Donald Trump and the Corruption of Justice, a book by David Enrich of the New York Times that will be published next week. The Guardian obtained a copy.
Nuzman was the leader of a corrupt operation to buy votes for Rio 2016, judge finds.
Ukraine’s president claims he has uncovered audio recordings that prove a plot against him.
The pillow tycoon’s marathon streaming event switched to airing old clips as the two co-hosts chowed down off-camera.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said he’s concerned the violence at Trump’s rallies might result in death.
On Sunday, Trump called the protesters at his rallies professional “disrupters.”
Police arrested McGraw the next day and charged him with assault and disorderly conduct.
At Wednesday’s rally in Fayetteville, N.C., John McGraw, 78, was caught on video punching the protester, 26-year-old Rakeem Jones, as Jones was being led out of the event by security. After the rally, “Inside Edition” interviewed McGraw, who freely admitted assaulting Jones. “He deserved it,” McGraw said. “The next time we see him, we might have ...
We ought to have a president who brings us together, who doesn’t seek to divide us.”. So did Ohio Gov. John Kasich. “There’s no question Donald Trump has created a toxic atmosphere,” Kasich said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “The environment is there, and he needs to back off this.”.
Trump said the same thing on CBS’ “ Face The Nation .”
Trump, who is charged with inciting the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot, was "livid" after Bowers told him that the legal effort would cost $3 million, according to the report, even though Trump has raised over $170 million from supporters , ostensibly to fund his post-election legal efforts. Trump and Bowers initially agreed ...
Trump announced on Sunday that attorneys David Schoen and Bruce Castor would represent him at the trial.
Some lawyers who turned him down told The Washington Post that Trump is an "unappealing client" because he "has trouble" following legal advice, is overly concerned with how his lawyers perform on TV, and "is known for not paying his bills."
Trump and Bowers initially agreed that the latter would be paid $250,000, which "delighted" the billionaire, according to the report. But that fee did not include additional costs for other lawyers, researchers and legal fees. Trump was "infuriated" after Bowers told him the total budget would be $3 million, though he ultimately haggled the attorney down to $1 million while planning to use his political action committee to pay for "audiovisuals, a rapid-response team and legislative liaison."
Though Trump raised about $175 million in a joint venture with the Republican National Committee, he spent just $10 million on legal costs while spending nearly $50 million on ads and fundraising, according to The New York Times. The RNC likewise spent little of its portion of the funds on legal efforts. Most of the funds were raised from small-dollar donations as many of Trump's top donors avoided contributing to his effort.
Former President Donald Trump's legal team for his upcoming impeachment trial quit following a dispute about the cost of his defense, according to Axios.
Democrats say the Constitution does not allow former presidents to escape trial simply due to the timing of an impeachable offense.
Not paying his bills is a major turnoff for most law firms because defending Trump in the Mueller investigation is going to cost millions of dollars. The Whitewater and Lewinsky scandals ran up $11.3 million in legal fees, which is almost $16 million in 2018 dollars, so this is far from a small sum of money that Trump is going to spend on legal defense for the Mueller investigation. No law firm is going to take Trump on as a client and risk not being paid.
The real reason why lawyers refuse to work for Donald Trump is that he has a long his history of stealing their services by not paying his bills.
No decent lawyer will work for Trump because he is a deadbeat who doesn't pay his bills. https://t.co/LNznMPXe22 #TheBeat pic.twitter.com/MCgwNBT7iM