RNC to Trump - we might not pay your lawyers.
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If you run for president, we stop paying your legal bills,
Republican leaders who worry that Donald Trump could hurt their midterm chances by announcing a presidential run too soon are hoping he'll be dissuaded from doing so by the prospect of losing hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal payments, according to an RNC official.
Since October 2021, the Republican National Committee has paid nearly $2 million to law firms representing Trump as part of his defense against personal litigation and government investigations.
But an RNC official told ABC News that as soon as Trump would announce he is running for president, the payments would stop because the party has a "neutrality policy" that prohibits it from taking sides in the presidential primary.
In January, RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel said, "The party has to stay neutral."
"I'm not telling anybody to run or not to run in 2024," she added. However she has since reaffirmed that Trump "still leads the party."
RNC officials would not comment on the record for this story. Representatives for Trump also declined to comment.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@Axtremus said in RNC to Trump - we might not pay your lawyers.:
Trump cannot afford his own legal bills?
Perhaps, perhaps not. But if someone else is paying, why should he?
Amber Heard isn't paying her legal bills, after all.
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@Axtremus said in RNC to Trump - we might not pay your lawyers.:
Trump cannot afford his own legal bills?
Perhaps, perhaps not. But if someone else is paying, why should he?
Amber Heard isn't paying her legal bills, after all.
@George-K said in RNC to Trump - we might not pay your lawyers.:
@Axtremus said in RNC to Trump - we might not pay your lawyers.:
Trump cannot afford his own legal bills?
Perhaps, perhaps not. But if someone else is paying, why should he?
Because he loves the Republican Party and would rather not spend its campaign money on his personal legal bills?
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If you run for president, we stop paying your legal bills,
Republican leaders who worry that Donald Trump could hurt their midterm chances by announcing a presidential run too soon are hoping he'll be dissuaded from doing so by the prospect of losing hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal payments, according to an RNC official.
Since October 2021, the Republican National Committee has paid nearly $2 million to law firms representing Trump as part of his defense against personal litigation and government investigations.
But an RNC official told ABC News that as soon as Trump would announce he is running for president, the payments would stop because the party has a "neutrality policy" that prohibits it from taking sides in the presidential primary.
In January, RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel said, "The party has to stay neutral."
"I'm not telling anybody to run or not to run in 2024," she added. However she has since reaffirmed that Trump "still leads the party."
RNC officials would not comment on the record for this story. Representatives for Trump also declined to comment.
@George-K said in RNC to Trump - we might not pay your lawyers.:
If you run for president, we stop paying your legal bills,
Republican leaders who worry that Donald Trump could hurt their midterm chances by announcing a presidential run too soon.....
Dont understand this. If the Republics think that President Trump is the greatest thing for them, then I would think they would want him to announce he is running for president. By saying that they are afraid he could hurt their chances in November seems to be saying something else
