Trump Investigated His Own Lawyers In Carroll Case

The Daily Beast reports:

As Donald Trump fights off four criminal indictments and a host of other costly civil cases, his political money machine is once again footing the bill for his lawyers. But in a new filing with the Federal Election Committee this week, one particular line item stuck out: payments to private investigators. But Trump wasn’t looking into himself or his political enemies.

He was looking into the actions of his own lawyers. According to a source familiar with the situation, the private investigators were commissioned to look into missteps by Trump’s legal team in the early stages of his rape defamation case against E. Jean Carroll. The private eye looked into who Trump’s lawyers had interviewed—and who they hadn’t.

Read the full article. Earlier this week Trump announced that he was interviewing new lawyers for his appeal in the Carroll case.

EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump’s fans paid for his revenge lawsuits, a private defamation case, his bail, and many more legal headaches. But they also paid to investigate his lawyers.https://t.co/4hpjjmd3pt

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 2, 2024