Trumps Legal Mess Triggers Shocking New Levels of Right Wing Grift

Published: Feb. 2, 2024, 9 a.m.

b'This week,\\xa0we learned\\xa0that Donald Trump\\u2019s fundraising committees channeled an extraordinary $50 million toward bankrolling his myriad legal defenses throughout 2023. Such sordid trickery has a long history on the right: For decades, shrewd fundraising gurus have raked in cash from conservative voters with hallucinatory alarmism about leftist villains and other apocalyptic threats. We talked to Geoff Kabaservice, the author of a \\u201cRule and Ruin,\\u201d a history of the GOP, to situate Trump in this hallowed tradition of grifters. It turns out Trump may have outdone them all.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'