As Donald Trump has made sure the world knows, he’s a wealthy man. Court rulings, close examinations by business magazines, and other scrutiny have shown that his net worth isn’t nearly what he’s claimed, but he’s still worth, at least on paper, in the billions.
That doesn’t mean he’s trying to spend his own money on his legal defenses, though, not when he can use money sent in by his adoring fans instead. In fact, he’s been pouring their political donations into his legal defenses at an alarming rate, and it seems he can run up costs faster than they can donate.
At this point, he’s spent about one in every four dollars donated to his campaign on legal fees instead of on his campaign expenses, the Financial Timesreports. Since last January, he’s spent around $76 million in campaign funds on legal fees, out of the approximately $326 million he has …