From: januarybaybee@gmail.com   
      
   October 15, 2017    
      
   Trump reelection campaign raised $10 million in third quarter, spent $1.1   
   million on legal fees    
      
      
   WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign raised   
   more than $10.1 million in the third quarter of 2017 and spent $4 million,   
   including $1.1 million on legal fees.    
      
   Trump’s campaign paid $237,924 to lawyer Alan Futerfas, who is representing   
   Donald Trump Jr. in matters related to the campaign’s involvement with   
   Russian interference in the U.S. election.    
      
   That payment came in addition to $50,000 paid the previous quarter to the same   
   lawyer.  Futerfas has not responded to repeated requests for comment about the   
   payment.    
      
   The campaign also paid $30,000 to Williams and Jensen, the law firm where   
   Karina Lynch, who is also representing Trump Jr., works. Lynch did not respond   
   to request for comment about the payment.    
      
   During the third quarter, Trump’s campaign paid more than $25,000 to his own   
   company for “legal consulting,” as well as $800,000 to law firm Jones Day,   
   which provides routine legal assistance to the campaign.    
      
   Trump filed for re-election the day he took office - allowing his campaign to   
   continue to raise and spend money while he is in office.  Traditionally,   
   presidents have waited two years to officially file for reelection, providing   
   no historic comparisons    
   to his level of fundraising and spending.    
      
   His campaign has raised more than $36 million since January.    
      
   He has used that money to keep a small campaign staff, to fund campaign   
   rallies and to pay legal fees associated with some of the investigations into   
   his 2016 campaign.    
      
   Trump’s campaign spent about $4 million in that same time period.  In the   
   second quarter of 2017, Trump’s re-election campaign raised about $8 million   
   and spent $4.4 million.    
      
   Of the donations, $1.2 million consisted of unitemized contributions, meaning   
   money from donors who gave less than $200.      
      
   Trump frequently touts the level of unitemized donations as proof that voters   
   still support his campaign.   He raised about $1.9 million in unitemized   
   contributions during the previous quarter.    
      
      
   http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAKBN1CK0T1-OCATP    
      
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