Former Republican President Donald Trump is notorious for not paying his legal team—or stiffing anyone who does any kind of work for him—and he's being roasted anew after a New York Times reporter revealed that Trump once tried to a pay a $2 million legal bill with...[checks notes]...a horse.
According to Servants of the Damned: Giant Law Firms, Donald Trump and the Corruption of Justice, a new book by Times reporter David Enrich, Trump owed $2 million to “a lawyer at a white-shoe firm” in the 1990s.
\u201cDonald Trump once tried to pay a lawyer with a horse, new book says.\n\n{{\u201cServants of the Damned\u201d will be published in 8\ufe0f\u20e3 days.}} https://t.co/HZEPPcrP8a\u201d— David Enrich (@David Enrich) 1662379568
The lawyer decided to confront Trump at Trump Tower. Trump openly refused to pay the bill but offered "to give you something more valuable," saying that he had a stallion worth $5 million.
Enrich notes that "Trump rummaged around in a filing cabinet and pulled out what he said was a deed to a horse" and promptly "handed it to the lawyer.”
After the lawyer objected and threatened to sue, Trump “eventually coughed up at least a portion of what he owed."
Over the years, hundreds of people have alleged that Trump doesn't pay his bills. In 2016, at the height of the election cycle, USA TODAY reported that its team had reviewed "at least 60 lawsuits, along with hundreds of liens, judgments, and other government filings" from people who've accused Trump and his businesses of not paying them for their work.
The latest revelation has only affirmed what many think: That Trump is and always has been a grifter.
\u201cOh my god. Trump's saga is a comedy. How can he still be taken seriously by some people after all of this??\u201d— Norman (@Norman) 1662445312
\u201cNow we know what Trump meant when he told us he is the 'stable genius'\n\nRT @RpsAgainstTrump\n\nTrump offered to give a lawyer a horse instead of paying $2 million in legal fees\n\n#StableGenius #Debtonaire\u201d— Tomi T Ahonen Pays His Debts By Horse (@Tomi T Ahonen Pays His Debts By Horse) 1662411521
\u201cIf they\u2019re dumb enough to represent Trump, they\u2019re dumb enough to take it. https://t.co/U01j1z2dH9\u201d— Tea Pain (@Tea Pain) 1662417891
\u201cIf only MAGA would wake up & realize that Donald Trump is a grifting criminal traitor who never pays his bills & couldn\u2019t care less about any other people #LouderThanMAGA https://t.co/RdEAI8yJjb\u201d— Tara Dublin (@Tara Dublin) 1662389848
\u201cStop representing him just stop doing it. Let him write his own pleadings.\u201d— Masters378mamed he/him/his \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f \ud83c\udf0a \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udf93\u2648\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Masters378mamed he/him/his \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f \ud83c\udf0a \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udf93\u2648\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1662418395
\u201cIs he broke or cheap? Definitely cheap, probably broke!\u201d— \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6Biden Is Still President, Snowflakes\u2744\ufe0f (@\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6Biden Is Still President, Snowflakes\u2744\ufe0f) 1662418413
\u201cHahahaha because he really has no money! https://t.co/loq3g5tQWJ\u201d— Amy Kopinski Donohue (@Amy Kopinski Donohue) 1662397769
\u201cI'm actually a fan of old school barter for legal services. \n\nBut not cool to spring it on the lawyer & certainly not when you're supposed to be a billionaire!!!\u201d— Mark S. Zaid (@Mark S. Zaid) 1662423387
\u201cDid you know that back in the day Trump tried paying a debt to a lawyer with a live horse? Odd because he claims he is very rich! Trump has been a criminal his entire life never paying his debts.\u201d— Zico (@Zico) 1662442804
Trump's penchant for not paying his bills has made him so infamous that he is currently having trouble securing legal services and is scrambling to find representation since the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided his Mar-a-Lago estate last month.
Federal authorities recovered classified documents that Trump spirited away from the Oval Office but are on the hunt for others after recovering empty folders with classified markings on the premises.
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