Asses&Villains: Biden Caught Paying His Legal Bills with Campaign Donations

Axios has reported that the Democratic National Committee used campaign donations to pay President Joe Biden’s legal bills stemming from last year’s special counsel probe, a practice for which the Biden campaign has criticized former President Donald Trump. The Justice Department has also noted that Biden lied about his use of Classified Information.

Citing two unnamed sources, and based on a review of campaign finance documents, Axios identified more than $1.5 million paid to multiple lawyers and law firms.

On Jan. 12, 2023, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the appointment of special counsel Robert Hur to investigate Biden’s handling of classified documents from his eight-year vice presidency.

Between July 2023 and January 2024, the DNC paid more than $1 million to Bob Bauer, the president’s lead attorney. That money went directly to Bauer’s professional limited liability company, Bob Bauer PLLC, per Axios.

Also beginning in July 2023, DNC monthly payments to the law firm Hemenway & Barnes surged from $15,000 to $100,000. Hemenway & Barnes employs Jennifer Miller, another of Biden’s attorneys.

The Axios report came only days after Biden-Harris Finance Chair Rufus Gifford appeared on MSNBC, and lied about the used of campaign funds:

“Every single dime that you give to the Biden-Harris re-election campaign, we spend talking to voters,” Gifford said.

“We are not spending money on legal bills,” the Democratic operative later added.

The Axios story noted that the Justice Department backed off and did not charge Biden.

“Hur ultimately declined to pursue charges against Biden,” Axios wrote.

That outlet did not mention, however, that Hur described Biden as an “elderly man with a poor memory.” Nor did it mention that in Congressional testimony last month Hur acknowledged that Biden lied about sharing classified information.