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Jilly_in_VA

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Wed Apr 24, 2024, 12:37 PM Apr 24

Trump's New Legal Bills Are Hiding an $8 Million Mystery

Donald Trump’s legal payroll is easily the largest and most diverse of any political figure in modern U.S. history. But while most of the attorneys that Trump’s various fundraising committees have paid over the years are a matter of public record, one of the top recipients still poses a mystery—with more than $8 million in legal costs going to an unknown firm, or firms, through what appears to be a corporate intermediary.

Legal experts told The Daily Beast that the arrangement masks the true recipients of a significant amount of Trump’s legal bills, depriving the public of that information while possibly running afoul of federal law. And the unprecedented structure of those payments, the experts said, potentially violates the ban on corporate contributions.

For the last 15 months, five of Trump’s political committees, including his 2024 campaign, have paid about $8 million in combined legal costs to a curious recipient: Red Curve Solutions, the firm that handles their political accounting.

That total makes Red Curve, a prominent Republican compliance firm, the largest single recipient of Trump’s legal payouts since he left office, receiving more money than die-hard defenders like Alina Habba, Stefan Passantino, John Lauro, and Jesse Binnall.

The Red Curve payments, however, are not described as being for legal services that the firm provides directly. In fact, Red Curve’s website does not advertise legal services, and Federal Election Commission filings show that only one other federal committee has ever paid the company for legal work—and that was more than a decade ago.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-new-legal-bills-are-hiding-an-dollar8-million-mystery?ref=home

Typical crooked Slobfather enterprise. Of course we knew all along that his calling others "crooked" was simply projection.

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Trump's New Legal Bills Are Hiding an $8 Million Mystery (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Apr 24 OP
Check the account of John Barron maxrandb Apr 24 #1
Check Melania's accounts, forensically. blm Apr 24 #2
Red Curve got even more from Trump in the 2020 cycle progressoid Apr 24 #3
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