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Legal Defense Funds

Rules and regulations regarding legal defense funds for executive branch officials, including transparency and disclosure requirements.

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Feb 4, 2026

What role do executive branch ethics offices and DOJ policies play in approving taxpayer-funded legal defense?

offices—chiefly the (OGE) and agency-designated ethics officials (DAEOs)—set the rules, interpret conflicts of interest, and oversee disclosure regimes that constrain how officials receive outside leg...

Jan 25, 2026

What portion of Trump's legal defense costs have been covered by federal taxpayer funding versus private sources?

Documents and reporting show that the vast majority—essentially all—of ’s documented legal-defense spending since leaving office has been financed by private sources: his campaign, allied political ac...