Bloomberg Law
Nov. 20, 2017, 6:02 AM UTC

Trump to Pay His Own Legal Bills, Set Up Fund to Cover Staff

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By Shannon Pettypiece, Bloomberg News

President Donald Trump has started paying his own legal bills related to the Russia probe, rather than charging them to his campaign or the Republican National Committee, and is finalizing a plan to use personal funds to help current and former White House staff with their legal costs.

The Office of Government Ethics and a tax firm are working on a mechanism for Trump to contribute to staffers’ legal bills that would meet regulatory and ethical standards, White House lawyer Ty Cobb said in an interview. The White House is hoping the issue will be ...

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