Trump hosts $100,000-a-plate fundraiser to help Giuliani with legal bills
by Conrad Hoyt, Overnight News Editor
September 08, 2023 04:15 AM
Former President Donald Trump hosted a $100,000-per-person fundraising dinner at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club Thursday night to help his former attorney and longtime ally, Rudy Giuliani, pay for his lofty legal bills.
Giuliani faces a significant amount of fees, sanctions, fines, and damages as a result of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election alongside the former president. Last month, the two men, along with 17 others, were indicted in Fulton County, Georgia, on racketeering charges for trying to overturn the results in the Peach State.
About a dozen people were expected to sit down for the fundraising dinner, according to CNN correspondent Paula Reid, who said some of Trump's advisers believe the former president doesn't need to help Giuliani and can "even cut him loose."
Reid, CNN's senior legal affairs correspondent, added that other advisers feel Trump owes it to Giuliani to help him, saying one of Trump's associates estimates the former New York City mayor "lost between $10 and $20 million in consulting fees based to the damage to his reputation because of this relationship."
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