Georgia Firms Earned Hundreds of Thousands This Year in Trump Vote Interference Case

The state GOP organization had spent about $650,000 through mid-August to pay lawyers representing some of the defendants in the sprawling racketeering case regarding alleged interference in the 2020 presidential election.

September 27, 2024 at 10:39 AM

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Election and Political Law

By Thomas Spigolon

What You Need to Know

Republicans have slightly increased spending on legal fees this year to defend defendants linked to a Georgia election racketeering case.
The spending is linked to former president Donald Trump and supporters' actions following the state's 2020 presidential election.
Almost all were small, white-collar defense firms that were paid hundreds of thousands this year.

The Georgia Republican Party has slightly increased its monthly spending on legal fees this year as it works to defend so-called alternate electors linked to an election-racketeering case involving former President Donald Trump and the state's 2020 presidential election.

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