This news emerges amidst the Biden campaign's ongoing criticism of Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for 2024, for using campaign funds to deal with his legal troubles.
A detailed report by Axios, which scrutinized the DNC's payment records, revealed that the committee had disbursed $1.5 million to attorneys and firms representing President Biden during the investigation. The probe into Biden's affairs was initiated in January 2023.
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Between July 2023 and February 2024, the DNC paid $1.05 million to Bob Bauer PLLC, a legal firm led by Bauer, who is the president's chief attorney in the investigation. The majority of these payments were directed towards managing the probe into Biden. In addition, the DNC increased its payments to the law firm Hemenway & Barnes from $15,000 to $100,000 per month starting July 2023.
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Jennifer Miller, an attorney from Hemenway and Barnes who worked on the probe case, is mentioned in the special counsel's report. However, when questioned about the exact amount of money allocated to the investigation into the president, the DNC refrained from providing specific details.
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Simultaneously, the Biden campaign has intensified its criticism of Trump for using campaign funds to settle legal bills in several cases against him. The campaign has also criticized the Republican National Committee (RNC) for covering some of Trump's legal fees, including those from a civil case in 2021. Since 2022, these funds have been sourced from Trump's campaign.
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In a recent interview with MSNBC, Biden's campaign finance chair stated, "every single time you give to the campaign, we're going straight to talk to voters…We are not spending money on legal bills or hawking gold sneakers," a clear dig at Trump.
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The official Biden-Harris HQ account posted a thread targeting a recent fundraiser by the former president, alleging it was organized "to pay his mounting legal bills." The thread went on to list "some of the scammers, racists, and extremists funding Trump’s failing campaign."
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