Michael Cohen (lawyer)Michael CohenPenalty3 years in federal prison; fines; asset forfeiture; disbarment13 more rows
List of White House counselOfficeholderTerm startPresidentEmmet Flood ActingOctober 18, 2018Donald TrumpPat CipolloneDecember 10, 2018Dana RemusJanuary 20, 2021Joe BidenStuart DeleryJuly 202243 more rows
3Â billion USD (2022)Donald Trump / Net worth
Donald TrumpWhen adjusted for inflation, Donald Trump is the richest person to ever serve as president — even at the lowest estimate. Trump had a prominent real estate career in New York City before throwing his hat in the political ring. As with a majority of the richest presidents in U.S. history, Trump inherited his fortune.
In all, 25 of the 44 men to hold the office of President have been lawyers. Before taking office, many other presidents previously served as soldiers, farmers, businessmen or teachers. However, the large number of presidents who were able to leverage prior legal experience into public service is telling.
List of presidents by peak net worthNameNet worth (millions of 2022 US$)Political partyBill Clinton90DemocraticFranklin D. Roosevelt79DemocraticJohn Tyler68Whig / NoneBarack Obama48Democratic41 more rows
59Â billion USD (2022)Mark Zuckerberg / Net worth
Oprah Winfrey Net WorthNet Worth:$3.5 BillionSalary:$300 Million Per YearDate of Birth:Jan 29, 1954 (68 years old)Gender:FemaleHeight:5 ft 6 in (1.69 m)2 more rows
The Magnitsky Act. The latest Trump associate to hire a lawyer is Donald Trump Jr. Based on his own emails and interviews, he eagerly attended a meeting in 2016 with Natalia Veselnitskaya, a Russian lawyer who he believed had opposition research on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
When Hillary Clinton ran for Senate in 2000, as her husband was winding down his presidency, her personal financial disclosure showed they owed lawyers somewhere between $2.3 million and $10.6 million. Disclosures in later years indicated the Clintons paid up.
While the White House lawyers are paid government salaries, by taxpayers, the Trump White House has not indicated how much the private lawyers are being paid, or by whom. This kind of legal representation doesn't come cheap.
Lawyers representing former President Donald Trump for his upcoming Senate impeachment trial are being funded by the national Republican party and private campaign funds.
The fundraising committee transferred around $2.7 million into the RNC’s legal account between September and November, campaign filings show according to the report.
“The hourly rate for President Trump’s attorney is $1,500 per hour,” the story says, “but with the taxpayers covering the cost, the law firm is billing the taxpayers $10,000 per hour, a 1500% increase.”.
It’s true that Trump hired Marc Kasowitz to lead a team of private lawyers as a special counsel investigates possible collusion between members of Trump’s campaign and Russian officials who sought to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.
President Bill Clinton sought to recover $3.5 million in legal fees from the Whitewater investigation, but was only reimbursed $85,312. Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush also were each reimbursed for legal fees in the Iran-Contra investigation.
In fact, the Washington Post reported that Trump can’t use federal funds to pay Kasowitz for any work that he does. “The White House did not respond this week to requests for comment about how Trump would pay for his outside legal team, the cost of which cannot be covered by the federal government,” the Post wrote on May 23.
The Republican National Committee has paid at least $2.5 million in legal bills to the firms that did this and other legal work. In California, Mr. Trump sued to block a law that would have forced him to release his taxes if he wanted to run for re-election. The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee have paid ...
Mr. Harder, who is frequently hired by Mr. Trump’s campaign, is perhaps best known for his work on behalf of the professional wrestler Hulk Hogan in a lawsuit filed in 2012 against the website Gawker, which ended up causing its bankruptcy.
Others include the lawsuit Mr. Trump and his campaign jointly filed in California last summer in a successful effort to overturn the state’s requirement that he release his income tax return if he wanted to be on the presidential ballot in California.
The Magnitsky Act. The latest Trump associate to hire a lawyer is Donald Trump Jr. Based on his own emails and interviews, he eagerly attended a meeting in 2016 with Natalia Veselnitskaya, a Russian lawyer who he believed had opposition research on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
When Hillary Clinton ran for Senate in 2000, as her husband was winding down his presidency, her personal financial disclosure showed they owed lawyers somewhere between $2.3 million and $10.6 million. Disclosures in later years indicated the Clintons paid up.
While the White House lawyers are paid government salaries, by taxpayers, the Trump White House has not indicated how much the private lawyers are being paid, or by whom. This kind of legal representation doesn't come cheap.