Thursday, March 28, 2024

How Trump Moved Money to Pay $100 Million in Legal Bills

Since leaving office in 2021, former President Donald J. Trump has spent more than $100 million on lawyers and other costs related to fending off various investigations, indictments and his coming criminal trials. The remarkable sum means that Mr. Trump has averaged more than $90,000 a day in legal-related costs for more than three years - none of it paid for with his own money.

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The former president has relied almost entirely on donations made in an attempt to fight the results of the 2020 election.

The account paying Mr. Trump's legal bills will most likely be out of money by summer at the current spending pace.

Then, Mr. Trump will have to decide: Whose money will he use to pay his lawyers?

Good question. My bet today would be on him selling shares of Trump Social - which he can do with the permission of his own handpicked board that has the power to void his current restriction. However, most see any major sales attempt of DJT as a Trump and dump, likely putting the stock price into a death spiral heading toward worthless.

#1 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-03-28 08:19 PM

Whose money will he use to pay his lawyers?

He just won't pay them. Problem solved.

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-03-28 08:41 PM

I never wanted to be a lawyer but it sure seems like you could make a lot of money arguing over money for people richer than you'll ever be.

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-03-28 09:22 PM

As the article indicates, the PAC that's been paying/funneling money for Trump's legal fees, Save America, is nearly broke.

His only out is cashing out of DJT. But as soon as he starts to sell any substantial amount of shares, the stock price goes into a tailspin and the rest of the shares become worth much much less, maybe pennies, like the 1995 crash of his stock, also symbol DJT. In that one, he walked away with millions and shareholders lost everything.

Oh what a tangled web he weaves ...

BTW, DJT is already started on the down slope. Already down 9% yesterday.

How can a company that lost money be worth the bubble price it's at now? It isn't. Rubes will be sorry ... soon.

#4 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-03-29 03:27 AM

www.cnn.com

This is a good article about the future of DJT which this CNN analyst calls "untethered to reality."

Here is another quote from the article:

"This is a very unusual situation. The stock is pretty much divorced from fundamentals," said Jay Ritter, a finance professor at the University of Florida's Warrington College of Business, who has been studying initial public offerings (IPOs) for over 40 years.

Ritter said the closest parallel would be GameStop, AMC and other so-called meme stocks that skyrocketed during Covid-19 as an army of retail traders piled in. He said Trump Media is likely worth somewhere around $2 a share " nowhere near its closing stock price of $58.

"The underlying business doesn't seem to be worth much. There is no evidence this is going to become a large, highly profitable company," he said. "I'm reasonably confident the stock price will eventually drop to $2 a share and could even go below that if the company blows through the money it got from the merger."


DJT should come wwith a "Buyer Beware" warning.

#5 | Posted by Twinpac at 2024-03-29 05:36 AM

There's no question that any money-making scheme that involves Trump has a nefarious double purpose. It's only a matter of time before someone figures out the scam and this whole DJT stock market gambit falls to its death in a mountain of federal investigations.

But not before Trump scampers away with a bundle, just two steps ahead of the law and claiming innocence of any wrongdoing.

#6 | Posted by Twinpac at 2024-03-29 06:57 AM

everything DJT touches...dies...

#7 | Posted by earthmuse at 2024-03-29 07:03 AM

Did he actually pay those legal bills, or pay 100% of what was due? Asking for a lawyer friend, eager to get on the gravy train

#8 | Posted by catdog at 2024-03-29 09:08 AM

CATDOG

Tell your friend what EARTHMUSE just said.
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#9 | Posted by Twinpac at 2024-03-29 11:49 AM

Think of how many homeless could be taken off the streets with $100.million. tsk tsk.

#10 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-03-29 07:37 PM

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