After revelations that President Donald Trump is using funds from his campaign and the Republican National Committee to pay for his legal defense, news broke that the RNC also paid almost $200,000 to lawyers representing Donald Trump, Jr.
According to the Wall Street Journal's Rebecca Ballhaus, the RNC paid $166,000 to Trump Jr.'s personal lawyer Alan Futerfas, and paid another $30,000 to Washington, D.C.-based firm Williams & Jensen. Both payments took place in the month of August.
Futerfas, Ballhaus pointed out, received a $50,000 payout a few weeks before Trump Jr.'s infamous Trump Tower meeting with Russian operatives last June.
In total, the RNC and the Trump campaign combined have shelled out at least $500,000 to defend the president and Trump Jr.