RNC started paying Trump campaign's rent at Trump Tower after it stopped covering Trump's legal bill
Source: CNBC
Soon after the Republican National Committee came under pressure for paying legal bills for President Donald Trump and his eldest son in the special counsel's Russia probe, it started covering expenses for the president's re-election campaign.
The RNC is using campaign funds to pay Trump's company more than $37,000 a month in rent, and to pay thousands of dollars in monthly salary to Vice President Mike Pence's nephew, John Pence, party officials confirmed this week. The rent pays for office space in the Trump Tower in New York for the staff of Trump's re-election campaign. John Pence is the Trump campaign's deputy executive director.
Campaign finance experts who spoke to CNBC said this type of spending by a party committee on behalf of a campaign is highly unusual but legal, and it appears the RNC disclosed it correctly.
"This is permissible and it's being reported properly, but why they are doing it is a mystery," said Brendan Fischer, senior counsel for the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center. "One would think the RNC could be spending their money more effectively right now on the 2018 campaign, rather than spending it to pay Trump's rent."
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We should be asking ourselves why was one of the first things Trump did after his inauguration in January 2017, was to declare himself a candidate for re-election in 2020? It's for this very reason - soaking the government and the party for as much money as possible for as long as possible.
This was done even before he knew there would be any legal defense bills. Cheeto and his family needed a reason to justify keeping the leftover $100 million that was rasied but not needed for the inauguration. Of course they weren't giving the money back to donors, heck no - it's their money now.
Grifters, liars and thieves!
