According to a scoop from the usually very left-wing Axios, President Biden used campaign donations to help pay his legal bills last year. This was discovered during the special counsel’s probe into his handling of classified documents (another similarity with Trump), according to two people familiar with the matter and an Axios review of campaign finance records.
Why it matters: The payments, made through the Democratic National Committee, are at odds with the Biden campaign’s recent attacks on Donald Trump for spending his campaign funds on legal fees.
Driving the news: The DNC — which has been collecting the biggest donations to Biden’s re-election effort — paid more than $1.5 million to lawyers or firms representing Biden during the probe, according to the committee’s financial filings.
- The DNC — which has been collecting the biggest donations to Biden’s re-election effort — paid more than $1.5 million to lawyers or firms representing Biden during the probe, according to the committee’s financial filings.
- Starting last July, the DNC increased its monthly payments to law firm Hemenway & Barnes from $15,000 to $100,000.
- The Biden team increasingly has attacked Trump for using campaign donations to pay for his myriad legal fights.
- More here.
Wait didn't they accuse Trump of spending campaign money on attorneys?https://t.co/HVg2NCRkyc
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