DNC Used Campaign Funds To Pay Biden Legal Fees in Special Counsel Investigation, Despite Attacks on Trump for Same Spending: Report 

The Biden campaign’s finance chairman recently promised that ‘every single dime’ donated to President Biden’s campaign was used ‘talking to voters.’

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Presidents Biden and Trump. AP, file

As the Biden campaign has been attacking President Trump for spending campaign funds on legal fees, a new report indicates President Biden was using funds similarly, despite promising not to. 

Mr. Biden, through the Democratic National Committee, used campaign money to help pay legal bills during a year-long probe by Special Counsel Robert Hur into Mr. Biden’s handling of classified documents. Citing two people familiar with the matter and a review of campaign records, Axios reported on Friday that the DNC paid more than $1.5 million to lawyers representing Mr. Biden, including $1.05 million to Mr. Biden’s attorney, Bob Bauer, who is married to his senior adviser, Anita Dunn.

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