Michael Caputo, the former assistant secretary in the Department of Health and Human Services under Trump, had a few interesting tweets recently. It seems that he believes Trump’s 18 co-conspirators indicted alongside him in the Georgia RICO case could soon be facing more than legal trouble.
Defendants such as Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, and even former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis are all facing charges in the upcoming criminal trial. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has proposed a start date as soon as March 4 of next year. But the 41-count indictment could lead to a pretty long trial, no matter when it starts.
That means that these other defendants, who don’t have the fundraising power that Trump does, will have to pay for their defense for a good long time. Caputo says that this could cost them essentially their entire net worth.
Caputo himself was investigated by the House Intelligence Committee over Russian interference in the 2016 election — not even as a defendant, but a mere witness, and it nearly cost him everything. He spent more than $300,000 on his own legal defense.
But he says this will be worse for the Georgia defendants. “These 18 additional targets in the GA indictment are in for far more legal expenses. They’ll lose their homes, pull their kids out of schools, delay medical care.”
Last week, Giuliani put his luxury Manhattan apartment up for sale for $6.5 million. Ellis has been asking for donations on the Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo (often used by Republicans due to the fact that GoFundMe will shut their campaigns down for being partisan and political). And Debbie Dooley, a conservative activist, indicated that the Georgia GOP was trying to raise money for the indicted “alternative electors” in that state.
Dooley, I’m sure, could hear the world’s tiniest violin playing as she whined on Twitter:
Michael Caputo, the former assistant secretary in the Department of Health and Human Services under Trump, had a few interesting tweets recently. It seems that he believes Trump’s 18 co-conspirators indicted alongside him in the Georgia RICO case could soon be facing more than legal trouble.
Defendants such as Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, and even former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis are all facing charges in the upcoming criminal trial. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has proposed a start date as soon as March 4 of next year. But the 41-count indictment could lead to a pretty long trial, no matter when it starts.
That means that these other defendants, who don’t have the fundraising power that Trump does, will have to pay for their defense for a good long time. Caputo says that this could cost them essentially their entire net worth.
Caputo himself was investigated by the House Intelligence Committee over Russian interference in the 2016 election — not even as a defendant, but a mere witness, and it nearly cost him everything. He spent more than $300,000 on his own legal defense.
But he says this will be worse for the Georgia defendants. “These 18 additional targets in the GA indictment are in for far more legal expenses. They’ll lose their homes, pull their kids out of schools, delay medical care.”
Last week, Giuliani put his luxury Manhattan apartment up for sale for $6.5 million. Ellis has been asking for donations on the Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo (often used by Republicans due to the fact that GoFundMe will shut their campaigns down for being partisan and political). And Debbie Dooley, a conservative activist, indicated that the Georgia GOP was trying to raise money for the indicted “alternative electors” in that state.
Dooley, I’m sure, could hear the world’s tiniest violin playing as she whined on Twitter:
- GA GOP Chair Josh McKoon cancelled his family vacation to deal with the fallout from the partisan witch hunt indictments.