The following article by Judd Legum was posted on the ThinkProgress website May 21, 2018:
Bills bills bills.
Many of President Donald Trump’s top aides have lately found themselves at the center of a wide-ranging criminal investigation run by special counsel Robert Mueller.
Defending yourself in this sort of matter can be extremely expensive. Those in need of a top-flight white collar criminal attorney can expect to be charged upwards of $750 an hour. And this isn’t the type of situation where you want to shop around for a discount.
Trump, however, is offering a select few aides a solution to this problem. The Washington Post reports, citing new Federal Election Commission filings, that the Republican Party is helpfully picking up the legal bills for some of Trump’s top aides, including former Communications Director Hope Hicks. Continue reading “This is how Trump is trying to buy the loyalty of key aides in the Russia investigation”