Shocker: Andrew McCabe's "Grassroots" Legal GoFundMe Account Set Up By the PR Firm Founded By His Lawyer, to Pay... His Lawyer's Bills

I'd've never guessed.

Andrew McCabe recently raised over half a million dollars from small donors by way of crowdfunding platform GoFundMe. McCabe’s cash-collecting prowess was buoyed by several #Resistance-linked personalities and MSNBC's own Rachel Maddow, who suggested McCabe should run for office because he's so good at raising money.

Was this apparent "grassroots effort" actually a PR campaign put together by high-priced, well-connected, and experienced PR professionals in order to take advantage of the #Resistance’s seething anger at the Trump administration? A Monday report in Slate suggested as much. Law&Crime can now confirm that some of those allegations are true, while some of them appear to oversell the issues at hand.

Um, no, no "overselling." This is typical liberal #BenSmithing. That's a term invented by John Nolte to describe the process of a liberal being forced to admit a fact that cuts against their interest, but then immediately denigrating the importance of it -- even when it's their own scoop.

Law&Crime followed up for a more precise idea of who "Friends of Andrew McCabe" might be and why pro bono legal efforts necessitated such a hefty fundraiser. Schwartz refused further comment on who exactly makes up the aforementioned group and clarified that such "activity has been pro bono to date." Schwartz then referred back to the fundraiser and cited the need for further representation.

When asked to whom exactly the raised funds would go–--not Bromwich -- Schwartz declined to answer.

I do wonder what legal expenses he anticipates, given that this money isn't being raised to help him fight for his pension.

Wonder, wonder, wonder....

posted by Ace of Spades at 02:21 PM

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