Russia Probe Takes Financial Toll on Trump Aides
White House and campaign officials have liquidated college savings accounts, set up defense funds
Washington is one of the nation’s costliest legal jurisdictions, with many lawyers charging upward of $1,000 an hour, and several Trump associates have been contacted in connection with multiple ongoing investigations, from Congress to the special counsel’s office.
.. Former Trump campaign aide Michael Caputo, who testified in July before a closed-door hearing of the House Intelligence Committee, said in an interview he has spent around $30,000 on legal bills. He said he liquidated a college fund he had set up for his daughters, including one who is 15 years old.
“My retirement account is next,” Mr. Caputo said, estimating that paying a Washington attorney to represent a witness at one congressional hearing costs around $40,000. He said his costs were lower because he hired a lawyer in upstate New York where he lives.