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And when Trump arrived back at Mar-a-Lago from ATL what was he talking about? The nice people he met at Chick-fil-A? Nope. All he wanted to talk about was the $12 million he collected from the billionaires. pic.twitter.com/oBkWJEkuob

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 12, 2024

Trump's flurry of 'nonsense' court motions is 'burning through a mountain of cash'https://t.co/ZC4Ziyr6DE

— Raw Story (@RawStory) April 12, 2024

According to MSNBC analyst Hayes Brown, key Trump lawyers are raking in big bucks as they fight to keep the former president not only out of jail but also out of the courtroom. 

In his column for MSNBC, Brown admitted the legal fees likely don't keep the former president up at night since they are being paid with PAC money and donations from his fanatical fans. 

Nonetheless, all this lawyering and filing of "nonsense" motions come at a high price. 

"The flurry of paperwork that’s been filed in the past few weeks helps illuminate how Trump is managing to burn through a mountain of cash. Lawyering is expensive work, and the phalanx of attorneys Trump has drafting briefs and arguing before the bench doesn’t come cheap," he wrote before adding, "The absurdly high amount Trump has been spending on legal fees really begins to make sense when you consider just how many hours are going into preparing this mountain of pretrial filings. Much of the spending has gone through Trump’s Save America political action committee, which has been siphoning off funds from campaign donations and from a joint fund controlled by the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee." 

Noting that Trump has burned through over $100 million in legal fees since reluctantly leaving office, Brown notes that a recent report suggested the former president spent $5.6 million this past February — or approximately $230,000 per day.

Back o’ the envelope sez $12 million burning at $230,000 per diem will last Trump 52 days. Or about to the end of his first criminal trial. The lawyers’ fees won’t all be in a New York courtroom. He’s got an appeal before the Supremes being argued 10 days into the New York trial; motions going in Georgia and Florida. Appeals of two Carroll judgments and the incredible shrinking appeal bond also in New York, which he’s going to have to pay lawyers to defend (more spending in the indefensible). If he can’t save that one, even $50 million (all such numbers subject to verification, accepted here only arguendo) won’t staunch the bleeding. Letitia James will be coming for half a billion.

And how much money can a convicted felon raise? We may soon find out.

I would just note Trump didn’t have any trials in February. So that 52 days calculation may be optimistic.