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Who pays for the lawyers of the US President?

Jan 28, 2020 · The president’s legal team also includes celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz, former independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr and former Florida …

Who's paying the attorney fees for Trump lawyers?

President Trump's re-election campaign paid Donald Trump Jr.'s lawyer $50,000. White House lawyers are paid government salaries, by taxpayers, but …

Who is paying for President Trump's election lawsuits?

Feb 05, 2021 · Font Size: Lawyers representing former President Donald Trump for his upcoming Senate impeachment trial are being funded by the national Republican party and private campaign funds. The Republican National Committee (RNC) has given $250,000 to the law firms of two of Trump’s attorneys, Jay Sekulow and Jane Raskin, campaign finance reports show according to …

What is the role of a lawyer in a presidential campaign?

The lead attorney, Pat Cipollone, is the White House Counsel, paid for by the taxpayers, who is supposed to be representing the office of the president. It’s wrong for him to be acting as Don’s personal attorney, because the trial is of Don personally, not of the “office of the President.”.

What Really Irritates Vladimir Putin? The Magnitsky Act

The latest Trump associate to hire a lawyer is Donald Trump Jr. Based on his own emails and interviews, he eagerly attended a meeting in 2016 with Natalia Veselnitskaya, a Russian lawyer who he believed had opposition research on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Russian-American With 'Colorful' Past Attended 2016 Trump Tower Meeting

Trump spoke up for his son in Paris last week. "I have a son who's a great young man," the president said. "He's a fine person. He took a meeting with a lawyer from Russia. It lasted a very short period. And nothing came of the meeting."

Trump Taps Washington Lawyer To Become White House Special Counsel Amid Russia Probes

Also this month, President Trump hired another lawyer for the White House counsel's office, which represents Trump in his official capacity as president.

Meet President Trump's Outside Legal Team

Other presidents have brought lawyers into the White House counsel's office to handle those explosive issues — Richard Nixon, who resigned to avoid impeachment in 1974, and Bill Clinton, who was impeached by the House of Representatives in 1998 but acquitted by the Senate.

Top White House Lawyer Donald McGahn Sits At The Center Of Controversy

Like Clinton, Trump has a platoon of private lawyers in addition to the White House counsel. While the White House lawyers are paid government salaries, by taxpayers, the Trump White House has not indicated how much the private lawyers are being paid, or by whom.