KEY POINTS

  • A growing number of Republican National Committee members believe its campaign arm should help pay mounting legal bills for former President Donald Trump.
  • Such a move could strain the party’s ability to financially support other candidates in the 2024 election when Trump is expected to face off against President Joe Biden.
  • Trump faces four pending criminal cases and civil judgments of nearly $550 million in damages.
  • paddirn@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I mean, as much as I hate Trump, I do also like the idea of him weakening the GOP by draining their coffers to pay an army of lawyers, though I’m guessing he ends up stiffing at least some of his lawyers and pocketing a good portion of the proceeds. Grifters gonna grift.