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The Democratic National Committee (DNC) covered ineligible fees for President Biden during nan typical counsel probe into his possession of classified documents, while his run slammed nan Republican National Committee for paying erstwhile President Trump's ineligible bills for his various criminal indictments.
The DNC paid erstwhile President Obama lawyer Bob Bauer, who is besides joined to elder White House advisor Anita Dunn, for "legal services" aft it was revealed nan lawyer had been tapped to grip nan president's classified documents scandal.
The DNC paid lawyers representing President Biden arsenic he was nether investigation complete his possession of classified documents by Special Counsel Robert Hur, while his run criticized Trump's usage of philanthropist costs to salary his ineligible bills. (Getty Images, U.S. Department of Justice)
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Over $1.05 cardinal was doled retired to Bauer and different lawyers representing Biden during Special Counsel Robert Hur's investigation, pinch payments being made from July 2023 to February 2024, according to Axios, which first reported nan story.
DNC Spokesman Alex Floyd told Fox News Digital successful a statement, "There is nary comparison – nan DNC does not walk a azygous penny of grassroots donors’ money connected ineligible bills, dissimilar Donald Trump, who actively solicits ineligible fees from his supporters and has drawn down each slope relationship he tin get his hands connected for illustration a individual piggy bank."
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The DNC paid lawyers representing President Biden, right, arsenic he was nether investigation complete his possession of classified documents by Special Counsel Robert Hur, left. (Getty Images)
News of nan DNC's payments to Biden's lawyers successful nan Hur investigation comes arsenic nan president's run has deed Trump for utilizing philanthropist money to salary disconnected his ineligible debts.
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Trump faces respective criminal indictments. (Getty Images )
Biden's run precocious slammed Trump complete a "lack of funding," questioning if it is bully strategy to scope retired to "donors to thief screen your ain individual debts alternatively of backing your campaign."
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Biden was criticized for storing classified documents successful his car shed and Corvette. (Joe Biden 2020)
Last week, Biden's run manager, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, said Biden's fundraising was successful "stark opposition to Trump’s cash-strapped cognition that is funneling nan constricted and billionaire-reliant costs it has to salary disconnected his various ineligible fees."
Fox News Digital did not instantly person comments from nan Biden run aliases nan White House Counsel's office.
"Joe Biden and nan Democrats' full run against President Trump is based upon lies and hypocrisy — they person many times stated they don’t walk money connected Biden’s ineligible bills, while they onslaught President Trump for having to take sides himself from Biden’s witch hunts," nan Trump run said successful a statement. "Come to find out, nan DNC paid millions to screen Biden’s ineligible bills to a rule patient tally by nan hubby of apical White House staffer Anita Dunn. Apparently, ’10% for nan large guy’ from Hunter wasn’t capable for Crooked Joe to ft his ain bill."
As nan DNC's Floyd noted, Trump's various committees person spent tens of millions connected covering ineligible bills for nan erstwhile president, and they person further solicited donations by citing nan criminal cases he is progressive in. Conversely, Biden's run has not utilized nan ineligible matter involving nan president to punctual supporters to donate.
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Julia Johnson is simply a authorities writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, starring sum of nan U.S. Senate. She was antecedently a authorities newsman astatine nan Washington Examiner.
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