Steve Bannon sued for nearly $500,000 in alleged unpaid legal bills

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: NBC News

A law firm that represented former Trump adviser Steve Bannon is suing him for nearly $500,000 in unpaid legal bills.

In a lawsuit filed Friday in New York state court, law firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron alleges that Bannon has an outstanding bill of more than $480,000 for legal services it provided from around November 2020 through November 2022.

“This action simply seeks payment of an outstanding bill for legal services rendered in the amount of $480,487.87 in addition to scheduling a hearing on the reasonable attorneys’ fees DHC is contractually entitled to as the prevailing party in this litigation,” the firm's lawsuit says. NBC News has reached out to Bannon for comment.

The law firm represented Bannon in some high-profile cases, including when he was subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack in the last Congress and his subsequent trial for defying the subpoena. Bannon was convicted of contempt of Congress last year in that case and was sentenced to four months in prison; he is appealing the conviction.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/steve-bannon-sued-nearly-500000-alleged-unpaid-legal-bills-rcna71930

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The MAGats will come to the rescue.

[niyad]

1. I have exactly zero sympathy for any attorneys actually taking on the scum as

clients, since they already know they are not likely to get paid.

[agingdem]

4. agree..it's not like Bannon was an unknown

when the law firm took him on as a client...he is and has always been toxic sewer sludge...

[hamsterjill]

14. My sentiments exactly.

It’s one of three things:

Either the attorneys think they will benefit from the press they receive from taking the case in ways that would outweigh their fees;

The attorneys really believe that they can figure out a way to get paid when no others have managed to receive full payment; or

The attorneys are just plain stupid.

I go with the third option and like you, have no sympathy for them at all.

[DBoon]

15. there is a saying among criminal defense attorneys

"Cash in advance"

[Jarqui]

3. I guess the lawyers are learning the hard way with Trump's mob ...

They need to get their money up front.

Trump lawyers for the classified docs case got a $3 mil retainer (according to what I read).

The legal services stop when the retainer runs out.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. It must be a GQP thing. Both Bannon and TFG refuse to pay their bills and now they want

the US not to pay what it owes.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. Projection.

One of the key tools in their hypocrisy toolbox.

[mpcamb]

7. Are there a few nickels left in"Build the Wall" funds he can have?

What a slease!
Pay up!

[Martin68]

9. Couldn't happen to a nicer chump.

[republianmushroom]

10. from trumps play book.

Couldn't happen to a nicer A-O.
How do these guys continue to get attorneys to defend them ?

[tanyev]

11. Bannon: "Suckers!"

[not fooled]

12. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Will this be a topic on his podcast? I'm sure he has a good explanation.

OTOH, anyone stupid enough to listen because they rely on this guy to tell them what to think is dumb enough to believe whatever Scrofulous Steve spews forth.

[NCjack]

13. I would not let Ban-Ban run-up a $5 bar bill. No sympathy for DH&C law firm.

[pfitz59]

16. If Bannon is sued for not paying his lawyers

what lawyer will he get to defend against the suit?

[BumRushDaShow]

17. Public defender?

( )

[pfitz59]

18. In a Civil Suit?

Not likely

[BumRushDaShow]

19. It doesn't matter

Defendants have a "right" to counsel in certain states for CIVIL cases as well.

Had to dig but this was filed in NY state. NY has limited rights for counsel for civil cases but usually for any such appointments, it is aimed at indigent defendants. A good discussion on that concept (and for what types of cases and why) is here - https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/articles/expanding-gideon-right-indigent-civil-representation

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

20. A deadbeat just like his hero Donald Trump

[Marcuse]

21. Bannon says, "I don't pay you to lose!"