If you have had any experience at all in civil litigation, you can almost do the math in your head.
You can drop $200,000 in one relatively simple case before you know it.
These cases are not simple, require multiple law firms in those cases that cross state lines, etc.
The process to cover his illicit trail started before he ran for the DNC nomination and has continued since the election of ‘08. Perkins-Coie is not a cheap firm. The naysayers are simply trying to divert attention with their constant clamour for ‘proof of costs’. One wonders where these sleepers at FR get their too tight kneepads ...