Donald Trump Hosts Fundraiser To Pay For Rudy Giuliani’s Legal Bills—Is He Serious?!

Donald Trump Hosts $100K-A-Head Fundraiser Dinner

According to reports, the former president hosted a $100K-per-head dinner at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey earlier this month, to raise money for his former lawyer, after Giuliani's own lawyers reportedly confirmed to CNN last month that he was having "financial difficulties."

Giuliani's son Andrew said in an interview on WABC radio that the event, which took place on Thursday, September 7th, was expected to raise more than $1M for the Giuliani Defense PAC, set up by Andrew to help raise funds to cover his father’s legal fees. In addition to this, allies have been chasing donations to the Rudy Giuliani Freedom Fund. 

He also went on to say that Trump and his two adult sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump had committed to hosting a second event at Mar-a-Lago later this year. He said that while it will be "very helpful" in helping to cover some of the legal costs, it "won’t be enough to get through this."

Donald Trump Said To Be Planning More Fundraisers At Mar-A-Lago

According to Bloomberg, Trump is planning two separate fundraisers at Mar-a-Lago in October – one for his election campaign, and another to pay the legal costs for all the other people implicated in his four indictments.

The money raised will reportedly be going to the Patriot Legal Defense Fund, a fund created by a group of Trump allies led by longtime Trump adviser Michael Glassner. According to the Daily Beast, the Patriot Legal Defense Fund is technically separate from the Save America PAC set up by Trump in 2020 and Trump’s 2024 campaign, which allows it to sidestep the Federal Election Committee’s campaign finance rules. Interestingly, the pub noted that the fund’s website originally redirected clicks to "Donate Now" to Trump’s campaign website.