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Some of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the sprawling election subversion case in Georgia are trying all sorts of ways to fund their mounting legal bills – yet the costs of the 2020 election fallout may quickly exceed their abilities to pay.

At least four have turned to crowdfunding online, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay for defense lawyers. One now has a political action committee to help with legal fees. Another has an ally in Congress vowing to support his legal defense. While another ended up spending nearly a week in jail because he initially couldn’t afford to hire an attorney.

Trump has covered the legal bills of aides, advisers and employees during the House select committee’s probe into January 6, 2021, and federal investigations, including his two co-defendants in the classified documents case, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, both of whom work for the former president.

But there is no sign yet that Trump intends to do so for any of his co-defendants in the Georgia case, which alleges that he and others engaged in a criminal conspiracy to subvert the state’s 2020 election results. In fact, Trump has publicly distanced himself from them, telling Newsmax he doesn’t know “a lot of these people.”

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[-] HuddaBudda@kbin.social 30 points 1 year ago

In fact, Trump has publicly distanced himself from them, telling Newsmax he doesn’t know “a lot of these people.”

Wow, that is one hell of a breakup line.

Nothing quite like finding out you were the one night affair. After you just helped him bury the body.

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

I still can't wrap my head around why these people are willing to commit multiple felonies for Donald Trump, of all people.

[-] tacosplease@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

They thought he'd be king and would then make them lords LOL. Was never going to happen whether Trump managed to steal the election or not.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Every one of them have joined a stupid cult like group for that sense of belonging and affirming their place in the group/world.

He plays on that. It works. They'll follow one idiot, so they'll follow another.

And their value system - as shown for republicans - is very upside-down: Trump has validity because he's in the group, and the group is great because he's in it and so he's allowed in it. It's seemingly not the other way around where he can't join the group as a cad and a cheat. It's amazingly circular too.

So yeah: joiners are his thing, and he gives them all the (little-s) social security they crave at the mere cost of them committing treason for him and going to jail.

[-] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's a big GQP tent, but one of the biggest tent poles is racism

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