Fund for Trump aides drawn into Russia investigation raises $200,000
By Anu Narayanswamy and Michelle Ye Hee Lee
August 6 at 5:49 PM
A fund set up to help pay legal expenses incurred by aides to President Trump drawn into the Russia investigation raised about $200,000 in four months, with most of the money coming from some of the president’s most prolific donors, according to documents filed with the Internal Revenue Service.
The largest check came from longtime friend Geoffrey Palmer, a California real estate developer, who donated $100,000, according to the filing, which was submitted to the IRS in July and provided to The Washington Post by the fund Monday. Palmer also has given to America First Action, a super PAC supporting Trump’s legislative agenda.
Other donors included casino businessman Phillip Ruffin, who gave $50,000. Continental Resources, an oil company headed by another longtime supporter, Harold Hamm, gave $25,000. An additional $22,000 came from ProActive Communications, a media company set up by Mark Serrano, the spokesman for the fund. The remaining money came from donors who contributed less than the minimum required for disclosure.
The Patriot Legal Expense Fund Trust was set up in February to support key associates questioned but not indicted in the probes conducted by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III and Congress to investigate Russian efforts to interfere in U.S. elections.
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