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    Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jan 31

    FWIW, 15 of the biggest 16 payments from the Trump campaign over the final quarter of 2017 went to lawyers — Jones Day or McDermott Will & Emery — or Brad Parscale's digital consulting firm. https://projects.propublica.org/itemizer/filing/1204566/schedule/sb …pic.twitter.com/plXq4OoUnF

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      2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jan 31

        More than $825,000 went to Jones Day — the law firm where White House counsel Don McGahn (and many others in the administration) practiced before joining the White House (or elsewhere in the administration).

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      3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jan 31

        More than $200,000 went to McDermott Will & Emery. More than $1 million went to Parscale Strategy LLC.

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      4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jan 31

        The Trump campaign also paid more than $30,000 in legal fees to LaRocca Hornik Rosen Greenberg & Blaha LLP, more than $20,000 to Belkin Burden Wenig & Goldman, LLP, and $10,000 to Wiley Rein LLP.

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      5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jan 31

        So, more than $1 million in legal fees and $1 million in digital consulting fees paid out in the last quarter of 2017 — Trump's first year in office and not even a congressional election year.

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      6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jan 31

        Since someone raised the issue: Obama for America spent a little more than 1/4 of that amount — around $275,000 — on legal fees, all to Perkins Coie, in the final quarter of 2009.

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      2. Jacob Adkins‏ @JacobRAdkins Jan 31
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        $350k just for legal fees alone! Jesus H. Christ!

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      3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jan 31
        Replying to @JacobRAdkins

        Um, more than $1 million!

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      4. Jacob Adkins‏ @JacobRAdkins Jan 31
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Let me clarify: I meant in a single payment; obviously legal fees cost more than that. I just wanted to find the most expensive line of $$$$.

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      5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jan 31
        Replying to @JacobRAdkins

        Ah, yes.

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      1. Jeff Hauser‏Verified account @jeffhauser Jan 31
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Parscale payments could also serve some other purposes as well... (That Lara Trump works with him has always struck me as potentially a "family sending a minder over someone with secrets" move)

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      1. Lolo‏ @LoloAnneG Jan 31
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        That’s a lot to Parscale. What/where are they even advertising at this point?? Email solicitations should be free/minimal cost to owned list.

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      1. Karri Wilharm‏ @dramaQkarri Jan 31
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Those twitter bot supporters are EXPENSIVE 😱 I notice he bought a bunch more last week 🧐

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      1. Prosediva™‏ @prosediva Jan 31
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Parscale! LOL

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      1. Count Hoagula  🎲 🎲‏ @HoagML Jan 31
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        So much money to Parscale. Gotta buy those Twitter followers I suppose...

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      2. Lp‏ @steelerspensfn Jan 31
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Jones Day is a toilet

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      1. Lynnaean‏ @linnaeanstreet Jan 31
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        Parscale isn’t just buying followers. Seen any bots around lately? Russian trolls seem to be replaced by fluent English speakers.

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      1. DaniC‏ @flosunondani Jan 31
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        lotta legal fees there.

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      1. Terry Banet‏ @tebsf Jan 31
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        Think of all the small donors around the country paying Trump’s legal bills.

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