They better start raising some cash, cause he is willing to stiff Gold Star Mothers and charities, so why not White House Staffers?
And, not for nothing, how is this legal? How is this not a bribe?
President Donald Trump intends to spend at least $430,000 of his own money ā¦
Remember how much money Barack Obama had to spend to defend members of his staff/Administration to defend themselves against prosecution? Me neitherā¦and I wonder how much of this money will come out of his pocket, and not be paid for by his campaign or the RNC. Iām betting somewhere between zero and none.
Is there a sliding scale on payouts depending of how bigly the lies are they must tell?
If the money is coming from the RNC or rump isnāt there a conflict of interest?
Click your heels and say āwitness tamperingā three times.
Anything having to do with the Mango Mussolini IS a conflict of interestā¦
If Trump is paying the fees, isnāt he the client rather than the staffer the attorneys are āhelping?ā
If Drumpf is paying the fees isnāt that a presumption that the attorneys wonāt get paid?
Federal Prosecutors routinely bring conflict of interest to the attention of the court where a defendantās attorneys fees are paid for by higher ranking co-conspirators who would want the defendantās silence.
If I were a staffer likely to called in Muellerās investigations, Iād keep in mind how Donnie Two-scoops sent the check to the bereaved father he promised $25K from his own bank account.
Every time I think he canāt get lower or stupider he pulls another one out of his ass. And thatās what this arrangement smells like.
Roflmfao , ask for the money first .
Isnāt this obstruction of justice? Preemptive witness tampering? Racketeering and corrupt practices?
President Donald Trump intends to spend at least $430,000 of his own money to help pay the legal bills of White House staff and campaign aides related to the investigations into Russian election meddling in the 2016 election, a White House official said Saturday.
ha! The day that guy pays for something out of his own pocketā¦ is never.
However, if he does, we get to tack on the bonus charge of witness tampering, as has been mentioned above.
I wonder what form this money is going to take. If itās like some of his ācharitableā contributions, it will take the form of limited-time-only coupons at his golf clubs that you can offer to give your attorney in lieu of actual cash.
SPOILER ALERT
Heāll never actually cut the check.
It is quite conceivable that trump made this offer looking for leverage over their testimony or perhaps over their lawyers.
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Perhaps this is coming from that million dollar slush fund left over from the inauguration?
In any event, I am sure Mueller is paying attention. Cuz, given DJTs history of short paying for professional services, if he does go down this road and end up short changing someone because their testimony was not āloyalā enough they will have even more incentive to dump on trump and that is where the nuthing burger (potentially) in the initial investigation turns into a full chorus singing the Obstruction of Justice tune.
Anyone who accepts this offer had better have it drawn up in a legally binding contract - we all know how donnie likes to not pay his bills.
toll the legal bills have taken on his family, including having to empty out his childrenās college savings accounts.
Too bad for his kids (really) but anyone who helped elect such an obviously unfit candidate should suffer consequences beyond what those of us who didnāt help him are suffering.
And, yeah, it was obvious, despite what many conservatives who now criticize trump like to imply when they talk about there having been hope heād āpivotā. Seems they all sing that song: āAhum, aher, now, for the sake of the GOP (or the sake of the country) itās time to admit that Mr. Trump isnāt going to pivot. Bla bla bla.ā Only an idiot or a GOP shill (or, frequently, both) would have thought otherwise.
Well he might find and negotiate some nice places in Russia for them and provide letters of recommendation when they are applying for a food service position and citizenship.
I understand the Kamchatka peninsula is really nice in the spring.