DNC is paying Biden’s legal bills. axios.com/newsletters/ax…

Scoop: Israeli assurances fail to convince the House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) to sign off on F-15 deal. Andrew Solender Stephen Neukam and I report for Axios
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Scoop: The DNC covered Biden's legal bills in special counsel Robert Hur's investigation

It paid more than $1.5 million to lawyers or firms representing Biden during the classified docs probe.

by Alex Thompson

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DNC covered Biden legal bills in special counsel probe axios.com/2024/04/12/dnc…

Reality check: Trump almost certainly has spent many times more of his campaign money on legal fees

A recent NYT tally had it at $100 million since 2021.

The DNC declined to say exactly how much money it spent on legal work related to Hur's probe.

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Last weekend, the Biden campaign's finance chair said on MSNBC:
'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”
(The Biden HQ account also pushed out those comments)

DNC…

Here’s part of the breakdown:
The DNC has been collecting the biggest checks for the re-elect.

From July 2023 to February 2024, the DNC paid $1.05 million to Bob Bauer PLLC — the professional limited liability company for Biden's lead attorney, Bob Bauer.

Those payments were…

Scoop: The DNC paid for Biden’s legal bills for the Hur probe, per 2 ppl familiar and FEC records.
The payments are at odds with some of the Biden team’s more recent attacks on Trump for using campaign cash for his legal bills.

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Scoop @Axios: The State Dept. showed HFAC top Democrat Meeks the list of Israeli assurances on complying w/ international law in Gaza on Tuesday.

He still came away without giving his approval of the F-15 deal.

w/ Barak Ravid Stephen Neukam axios.com/2024/04/12/gre…

🚨🚨scoop -> DNC covered Biden legal bills in special counsel probe ** Why it matters: The payments are at odds with the Biden campaign's recent attacks on Donald Trump for spending his campaign funds on legal fees. axios.com/2024/04/12/dnc…

🚨 Scoop from Alex Thompson: DNC covered Biden legal bills

💰 It paid more than $1.5 million to lawyers or firms representing Biden according to the committee's financial filings.

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Jim VandeHei has a new column out elaborating on some of his ideas:
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New: About half of Pennsylvania swing voters said presidential candidate's stances on abortion will influence how they vote in the fall, according to our latest Engagious/Sago focus groups. axios.com/2024/04/12/abo…

Turns out something good *does* start in a getaway car

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The disgusting and unforgivable harassment from this WaPo reporter is *checks notes* leaving a polite voice mail.

Big news: Aja Whitaker-Moore is now editor-in-chief of Axios

Evergreen story from Stef Kight

Why there's no big wave of immigrants voting illegally

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