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Yes, Trump’s PACs really can pay his legal fees

  • Written by Richard Briffault, Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation, Columbia University
imageDonald Trump sits in a New York courtroom with Chris Kise and Alina Habba, two of his attorneys who have reportedly been paid with political action committee funds.Shannon Stapleton-Pool/Getty Images

Campaign finance data released at the end of January 2024 revealed that Save America, a political action committee founded and controlled by former...

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