RNC warning to Trump: If you run for president, we stop paying your legal bills, says official
Since October 2021, the RNC has paid nearly $2M to firms representing Trump.
Republican leaders who worry that Donald Trump could hurt their midterm chances by announcing a presidential run too soon are hoping he’ll be dissuaded from doing so by the prospect of losing hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal payments, according to an RNC official.
Since October 2021, the Republican National Committee has paid nearly $2 million to law firms representing Trump as part of his defense against personal litigation and government investigations.
But an RNC official told ABC News that as soon as Trump would announce he is running for president, the payments would stop because the party has a “neutrality policy” that prohibits it from taking sides in the presidential primary.
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This isn’t the first time that legal bills have been seen as possible leverage over Trump.
According to the book “Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show,” by ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl, in the final days of Trump’s presidency, Trump told McDaniel he was leaving the GOP and creating his own political party — only to back down after McDaniel made it clear to Trump that the party would stop paying his legal bills for his post-election challenges and take other steps that would cost him financially.
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This just in … the RNC is warning Trump it will stop paying his legal bills if he launches a presidential campaign.
That’s right. They are still paying his personal legal bills — more than $1.7 million since October. https://t.co/UG9zGArZP8
— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) July 27, 2022
Good. It was ridiculous that the RNC was covering his tab to begin with. https://t.co/lU9ZJJmHRp
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) July 27, 2022
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