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UpInArms

(51,284 posts)
Fri Nov 10, 2017, 06:04 AM Nov 2017

Trump associates are getting buried in massive legal fees, and Roger Stone says his are more than

Source: Business Insider

$450,000

Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to President Donald Trump, blasted out a 1,600-word statement this week asking for help paying the nearly $460,000 in legal fees he says he has incurred since landing in the crosshairs of the federal and congressional investigations into Russia's interference in the 2016 US election.

..snip...

Stone , whose contact with the Russia-linked hacker Guccifer 2.0 and the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange before the election has come under scrutiny as part of the investigations, said it cost him $400,000 in legal fees to prepare for his testimony before the House Intelligence Committee in September.

...snip...

J.D. Gordon, a national security official for the Trump campaign, told Business Insider that while Trump's reelection campaign and the Republican National Committee were "taking care" of the president and his son Donald Trump Jr., "the rest of us who aren't billionaires must fend for ourselves."

...snip...

Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, who is chummy with Stone, last week introduced legislation pressuring Mueller to resign. Speaking from the House floor on Tuesday night, Gaetz said, "We are at risk of a coup d'etat in this country."


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/roger-stone-legal-fees-trump-russia-2017-11



I can only hope they all go down together.

Roger Stone has bragged for years that he was the architect of “the Brooks Brothers Riot” at the Miami Dade Courthouse in 2000. I have a very special wish for him to be wearing orange.
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Trump associates are getting buried in massive legal fees, and Roger Stone says his are more than (Original Post) UpInArms Nov 2017 OP
Good they have their "hard earned" money. Let them spend it. mamas Nov 2017 #1
And, he can always sign a TELL ALL book deal for big bucks. L. Coyote Nov 2017 #25
Hand Outs jaxind Nov 2017 #2
yeah, Stone, pull yourself up by your bootstraps! lastlib Nov 2017 #16
... BumRushDaShow Nov 2017 #3
No sympathy here... DeminPennswoods Nov 2017 #4
wonder how long before one of these bozos gets called out for... samnsara Nov 2017 #5
It wont matter leftynyc Nov 2017 #15
Poor guy Glamrock Nov 2017 #6
"... it cost him $400,000 in legal fees to prepare for his testimony" Raster Nov 2017 #7
Right on both counts! Roland99 Nov 2017 #17
Nonsense, Stone. Carter Page testified with no lawyer. Arrogant you are at least as smart as he is? Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2017 #20
Cost Of Doing Business ProfessorGAC Nov 2017 #21
Tough. creeps sarge43 Nov 2017 #8
Why don't they do a fundraiser in Russia? Happyhippychick Nov 2017 #9
Unlike contractors or credit cards, lawyers demand money up front. no_hypocrisy Nov 2017 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author WinkyDink Nov 2017 #11
How's this for irony: FakeNoose Nov 2017 #12
Do it like Trump does... stiff your contractors/vendors... works for him keithbvadu2 Nov 2017 #13
OMG! That is so sad. Flaleftist Nov 2017 #14
Boo hoo hoo Achilleaze Nov 2017 #18
$450k to Stone is like, what---$2,000 to me? He's rich, but hates to part with a single dime. Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #19
I think the deplorables should start a fund for Stone and co. Perseus Nov 2017 #22
I would send you money, but you will probably buy drugs with it😄 W T F Nov 2017 #23
Hey, Roger, telling the truth probably would have cost you nothing rurallib Nov 2017 #24
Welcome to Clintonville, chuckles... JHB Nov 2017 #26
I know, right? meadowlander Nov 2017 #35
Good! paleotn Nov 2017 #27
This is such a great article! JusticeForAll Nov 2017 #28
So ya wanna save some money, Stone? SCVDem Nov 2017 #29
If they didn't do anything wrong, they wouldn't need lawyers. George II Nov 2017 #30
I Can't Imagine a More Deserving Person ... DoctorJoJo Nov 2017 #31
Awww, poor widdle snowflake. Nitram Nov 2017 #32
Poor baby!! Proud Democrat Nov 2017 #33
tsk tsk. riversedge Nov 2017 #34

jaxind

(1,074 posts)
2. Hand Outs
Fri Nov 10, 2017, 07:09 AM
Nov 2017

I thought you Republicans villified people who asked for handouts! Pretty hypocritical of you isn't it, asking for money to help you??

lastlib

(23,244 posts)
16. yeah, Stone, pull yourself up by your bootstraps!
Fri Nov 10, 2017, 08:40 AM
Nov 2017

Work two jobs. Three, if you need more. Scrub toilets. Wash dishes. You're on your own, futhermucker.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
15. It wont matter
Fri Nov 10, 2017, 08:25 AM
Nov 2017

Alabama is going to elect a pig who is tried to seduce a 14 year old girl. We're talking about people who are amoral scum.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
7. "... it cost him $400,000 in legal fees to prepare for his testimony"
Fri Nov 10, 2017, 07:43 AM
Nov 2017

Ya know, Ratfucker, if you are innocent, it costs much less.

Speaking from the House floor on Tuesday night, Gaetz said, "We are at risk of a coup d'etat in this country."

No Rep Gaetz, you guys already tried that.

sarge43

(28,941 posts)
8. Tough. creeps
Fri Nov 10, 2017, 07:45 AM
Nov 2017

"the rest of us who aren't billionaires must fend for ourselves."

Now you know how the working poor feel.

Response to UpInArms (Original post)

FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
12. How's this for irony:
Fri Nov 10, 2017, 08:16 AM
Nov 2017
Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, who is chummy with Stone, last week introduced legislation pressuring Mueller to resign. Speaking from the House floor on Tuesday night, Gaetz said, "We are at risk of a coup d'etat in this country."


Yeah well the coup has already taken place, Gaetz. It happened last year, where were you?

Yes they should ALL go down, starting with Stone.

keithbvadu2

(36,827 posts)
13. Do it like Trump does... stiff your contractors/vendors... works for him
Fri Nov 10, 2017, 08:18 AM
Nov 2017

Do it like Trump does... stiff your contractors/vendors... works for him

It made him a billionaire. Right?

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
19. $450k to Stone is like, what---$2,000 to me? He's rich, but hates to part with a single dime.
Fri Nov 10, 2017, 08:46 AM
Nov 2017

He's corrupt and worked very hard fraudulently earning his money! How dare someone take it from him!

Of course, if you did nothing wrong, and you will be testifying honestly, maybe you don't need $400,000 worth of legal fees before testifying. Maybe you should also choose lawyers with more reasonable rates. Just like the public has to choose doctors whose rates are reasonable.

 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
22. I think the deplorables should start a fund for Stone and co.
Fri Nov 10, 2017, 09:01 AM
Nov 2017

They supported these thugs, now they can bail them out of their financial wows which they incurred all by themselves by showing how mean and low they are.

And for Stone and co....why are you not asking Trump for money, you did his dirty work, didn't you? Now you will know who your friends are, and you are going to find out that the orange-man is not one of them.

JHB

(37,160 posts)
26. Welcome to Clintonville, chuckles...
Fri Nov 10, 2017, 09:53 AM
Nov 2017

...the difference is, youse guys actually did shit that needs prosecuting.

meadowlander

(4,397 posts)
35. I know, right?
Sat Nov 11, 2017, 09:50 AM
Nov 2017

How much do you think Hilary Clinton spent defending herself from all the bullshit Benghazi investigations, not to mention Whitewater and all the other poo they've tried to throw at her over the years?

Oh wait, we have no idea because she hasn't gone whining to the press about it.

paleotn

(17,931 posts)
27. Good!
Fri Nov 10, 2017, 10:03 AM
Nov 2017

Drown them. And every dollar the RNC uses to defended scum and his spawn are less dollars used against Democrats. Drown them. Drown them all!

JusticeForAll

(1,222 posts)
28. This is such a great article!
Fri Nov 10, 2017, 10:18 AM
Nov 2017

I especially love this bit of lying and hypocrisy near the end:

"I am not a wealthy man, by any means," Stone said in his emailed appeal. "Such a crushing expense, with nothing to show for it except my vindication against a juggernaut of political dirty tricks and lies, threatens to destroy me and my family financially — all because I fought to elect Donald Trump. All because the deep state partisans know I will continue fighting for his agenda.”

The guy is worth $20 million per Forbes, and that probably doesn’t even include his paradise accounts.

These are the deplorables

 

DoctorJoJo

(1,134 posts)
31. I Can't Imagine a More Deserving Person ...
Fri Nov 10, 2017, 11:40 AM
Nov 2017

... think I'll send him a YOU (you owe us)! Of all the cretins in Trump world, this is the least empathetic!

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