REVEALED: Former Trump lawyer John Dowd tried to funnel White House cash to Paul Manafort

[DonViejo]

BRAD REED
21 SEP 2018 AT 12:42 ET

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that former Trump attorney John Dowd tried to use the White House legal defense fund to pay off legal fees for both Paul Manafort and Rick Gates.

According to the Journal, Dowd “told associates of the president he wanted to direct money from the legal defense fund set up for White House officials and campaign aides to the lawyers for Messrs. Manafort and Gates.”

However, the idea was rejected by some White House advisers on the grounds that Gates and Manafort were being prosecuted for crimes they committed before coming into Trump’s orbit — and the legal defense fund is only supposed to be used to pay for defendants who have allegedly committed crimes while working for the president.

Dowd did not give up on his crusade to help out Manafort, however, as he started soliciting donations from Trump associates and pledged to help fund the legal defense effort with $25,000 of his own money.

Dowd tells that Journal that he never wound up putting up his own money to help pay for Manafort’s legal fees.

“Upon the advice I received, I did not make that contribution,” he said.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/revealed-former-trump-lawyer-john-dowd-tried-funnel-white-house-cash-paul-manafort/

[dalton99a]

1. The episode was one of several

The episode was one of several that people close to the president described as concerning behavior by Mr. Dowd, who at the time was Mr. Trump’s top lawyer. Mr. Dowd left the team the following month.

One person familiar with the conversations said Mr. Dowd believed such a fund would help prevent Messrs. Manafort and Gates—formerly the chairman and deputy chairman, respectively, of Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign—from pleading guilty and potentially cooperating against the president. During that period, friends of both men said efforts were under way to raise money for legal fees so the two former campaign aides could fund what was likely to be an expensive and lengthy legal battle.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/ex-trump-lawyer-tried-to-help-pay-legal-fees-for-manafort-gates-1537546304

[Fred Sanders]

8. CORRUPTION interruptis. Word of the mid-terms, I hope.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. In other words, to try to bribe Manafort to stay quiet.

[Yavin4]

3. Isn't Trump is a billionaire?

He could have paid for Gates and Manafort's defense with his walking around money. No?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. So he says. Others say he's broke.

[Turbineguy]

4. Upon the advice I received.....

Trump really does pick the best people.

[Vinca]

5. LOL - somehow they never part with their own money.

[Zoonart]

6. There is no end to their mob shenanigans.

They are a crime syndicate.

[Leghorn21]

9. Whassuppp, Broidy? How's it hangin, Barrack?

Clearly, this shines a new light on the already suspicious payments from Elliot Broidy and Tom Barrack to Gates in 2017...
Cyrus Toulabi

#FLAG: Is it a coincidence that...

In July, it was revealed that ELLIOT BROIDY and TOM BARRACK had paid RICK GATES for "advice on the administration" in 2017.

Odd, because both had direct access to the administration at the highest levels.

Were they trying to keep Gates loyal?

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[dawnie51]

10. I SO hope....

this POS loses his law license over this. He already has lost his reputation.

[colorado_ufo]

11. Former Trump lawyer and

winner of the "Droopy Dog" Look-A-Like Contest, Dowd must feel that "only the little people" pay their own attorney fees. After all, the budget must allow enough for ostrich skin jackets!