Inside the cash crunch facing Trump's Georgia co-defendants amid mounting legal bills

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Some of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the sprawling election subversion case in Georgia are trying all sorts of ways to fund their mounting legal bills – yet the costs of the 2020 election fallout may quickly exceed their abilities to pay.

At least four have turned to crowdfunding online, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay for defense lawyers. One now has a political action committee to help with legal fees. Another has an ally in Congress vowing to support his legal defense. While another ended up spending nearly a week in jail because he initially couldn’t afford to hire an attorney.

A unified defense in Georgia The Georgia case, with its sprawling roster of defendants, is playing out much differently than the two federal criminal cases against the former president – one in which he is the sole defendant alongside a handful of unindicted co-conspirators, and another where two of his lower-level staffers are charged as conspiring with him to obstruct justice.

 

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