A resolution to prevent the Republican National Committee (RNC) from paying for Donald Trump’s legal expenses failed to gather enough support to garner a vote.
Henry Barbour, who serves as Mississippi’s national committeeman, confirmed to several news outlets that the resolutions he drafted that would have prohibited the committee from covering the former president’s growing legal bills is dead.
Barbour confirmed to Politico that the resolution is “dead” and won’t be voted on during Friday’s meeting because he only received co-sponsors from eight out of 10 required states to bring the resolution to a vote.
The RNC is meeting Friday in Houston to elect a new chair after former Chair Ronna McDaniel announced she would resign.
Last month, Trump endorsed his preferred replacement for McDaniel’s former seat, RNC general counsel Michael Whatley. He also endorsed his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, to serve as the next co-chair. (RELATED: RNC Leadership Candidate Hints At Paying Trump Legal Bills)
During a campaign stop in South Carolina, Trump’s daughter-in-law responded to a question if she thought Republicans would be interested in paying Trump’s legal bills in the various criminal and civil cases that he faces.
“Absolutely,” Lara Trump said. “That’s why you’ve seen a GoFundMe get started … people are furious right now and they see the attacks against him. They feel like it’s an attack, not just on Donald Trump, but on this country … So I think that is a big interest to people. Absolutely.”
The former president faces more than 90 criminal charges in four prosecutions.
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