# Manhattan Prosecutors file criminal charges for Trump re Stormy Daniels case - ongoing discussion here (Guilty on all 34 counts, May 30, 2024) **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-prosecutors-file-criminal-charges-for-trump-re-stormy-daniels-case-ongoing-discussion-here-guilty-on-all-34-counts-may-30-2024/980953 **Category:** Politics & Elections **Tags:** trump **Created:** [March 9, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-prosecutors-file-criminal-charges-for-trump-re-stormy-daniels-case-ongoing-discussion-here-guilty-on-all-34-counts-may-30-2024/980953 "2023-03-09T22:53:57Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 6379
### Author: ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper) #### Post date: [September 5, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-prosecutors-file-criminal-charges-for-trump-re-stormy-daniels-case-ongoing-discussion-here-guilty-on-all-34-counts-may-30-2024/980953/6379 "2024-09-05T01:06:49Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Then how is Trump managing it? He’s been using money from his PAC to pay his legal fees. The ~~marks~~ ~~rubes~~ donors are donating to his campaign expenses, which in his view, includes keeping him out of jail. > [@Trump, PACs, and legal fees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pacs-and-legal-fees/987843): > > New York Times has an article about Trump and his legal fees. Apparently one of his PACs has asked for a refund of $60 million that it paid to one of his other PACs, because Trump is having trouble defending himself from his many criminal lawsuits and needs the money back. Things that jumped out at me from the story: What is the boundary between politics and legal defence for the laws governing PACs? He of course would say that the only reason he’s been charged is political corruption, to … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-prosecutors-file-criminal-charges-for-trump-re-stormy-daniels-case-ongoing-discussion-here-guilty-on-all-34-counts-may-30-2024/980953)._