Forty percent of Trump campaign spending was for legal fees at year's end

New Trump campaign filings reveal President Donald Trump is raising a lot of money for his reelection campaign. But the filings also show 40 percent of their spending money has gone to legal fees in the last quarter of 2017.

USA Today reports filings with the Federal Election Commission show the Trump campaign finished the year with $22.1 million banked for his 2020 campaign.

The report also reveals the president's campaign spent $2.8 million during the final months of 2017, almost half of that money, or $1.13 million, paid legal bills.

And Combined with the Republican National Committee, Trump's campaign paid a total of $5.5 million in legal bills, some of that going to pay for the President family’s legal bills.

And Combined with the Republican National Committee, Trump's campaign paid a total of $5.5 million in legal bills, some of that going to pay for the President family’s legal bills

A big chunk of that went to Jones Day, which represents Trump on election-related matters.

But more than $214,000 went to McDermott, Will & Emery, the firm of Stephen Ryan, who is helping Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, navigate the federal investigation into Russian collusion in the 2016 election.

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