Posted on 04/17/2018 2:17:39 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's campaign paid more than $66,000 to the law firm that represents Keith Schiller, his former longtime bodyguard, newly filed campaign records show.
Schiller, who left a White House job in September, testified to the House Intelligence Committee in November that someone made an offer to send five women to Trump's hotel room in Moscow in the lead-up to the 2013 Miss Universe pageant.
Two people familiar with the matter told NBC News that Schiller painted the incident in a light favorable to Trump, saying he turned down the offer on Trump's behalf, treated it as a joke and no women ever came, as far as he was aware. It is presumed by congressional investigators that Schiller told the same story to special counsel Robert Mueller.
Stuart Sears, a lawyer for Schiller, said he could not comment on whether the Trump campaign's payment was related to Schiller's legal fees.
Federal election law allows the use of campaign money for legal fees, but only if the fees are related to a matter connected to the campaign, legal experts say.
The Trump campaign spent $834,000 on legal fees during the first quarter of 2018, federal campaign records show — about 20 percent of total spending.
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This was a big nothing IIRC.
I once had a bit of a crush on Maria Sharapova, does that mean I shall next find myself in Mueller’s net?
They’re just throwing everything they can at Trump and hope he resigns ,they’re scum
Trump paid legal fees to defend a Trump employee?
Scandalous!
Thank God for Mueller and Judge Wood releasing this vital information. This now proves Trump/Russia collusion.
Proves it beyond any shadow of a doubt.
Anonymous bulletin boards are not as private as you may think. Be careful.
For me it was Anna Kournikova.
Where is Sessions!
Mueller said to beware of these kinds of stories.
I talked to a Russian tourist on the beach the other day. We conspirer together. He wanted to know where a topless nightclub was. I told him, “It’s Guam just pick one!”
But that was a lie since I didn’t really know
Ah, Anna. Good choice.
Ping.
Well, this one's real easy. If AG Sessions recuses himself from it, then it's campaign related.
He treated it as a joke....and he treated it as such.
And .... ?
and in other news ,Windows 10’s next creators update can blue screen you computer ,yawn ,LOL
They make it sound like he testified Trump turned down the hookers because Trump paid his legal bills. I guess Trump should have let the poor guy go broke, but Trump’s not that kind of guy.
Trump spent over $65 MILLION of his own money on his campaign.
SOOO—Go for it, Dems-—PROVE that ANY $$$ he spent helping his bodyguard wasn’t part of the $65 million from himself.........
PROVE IT.
The witch hunt needs to end. We couldn’t get legit info on Obama, yet Trump gets to have the deep state stick their head up is ass so far they can smell his breath.
Proven....It’s in the campaign fund paperwork.
Old story.
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