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“Scared” Trump forced to raise a lot because his lawyers are “holding him up for money”: analyst

"He's trying to scare, he's trying to distract... And he needs to raise a lot of money," says Molly Jong-Fast

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Former US President and 2024 Republican Presidential hopeful Donald Trump walks off the stage after speaking at a Republican volunteer recruitment event at Fervent, a Calvary Chapel, in Las Vegas, Nevada, July 8, 2023. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
Former US President and 2024 Republican Presidential hopeful Donald Trump walks off the stage after speaking at a Republican volunteer recruitment event at Fervent, a Calvary Chapel, in Las Vegas, Nevada, July 8, 2023. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social rants may be an indication of his anxieties around his ever-expanding legal woes, according to MSNBC political commentator Molly Jong-Fast. Speaking with host Ayman Mohyeldin, Jong-Fast said that Trump may be “scared” about another indictment and ballooning legal fees. “He needs to raise a lot of money because these lawyers are very expensive,” she said. “We’ve seen the reporting, especially those Florida lawyers with the security clearance are really holding him up for money.”

“I would also say, remember, Trump’s thing as he is trying to kick the can as much as possible with all of these cases, right?” she continued. “This will be his second set of federal indictments. And may not be in Florida, so he may not be able to kick the can the way that he would with Judge [Aileen] Cannon, so I think that is something to think about. But I do think he is ultimately quite scared. You are seeing him tweet out a lot of really violent and scary stuff. He’s truthing it, he’s not tweeting it, and he’s trying to scare, he’s trying to distract, and get his supporters engaged. And he, again, needs to raise a lot of money.”

By Gabriella Ferrigine

Gabriella Ferrigine is a former staff writer at Salon. Originally from the Jersey Shore, she moved to New York City in 2016 to attend Columbia University, where she received her B.A. in English and M.A. in American Studies. Formerly a staff writer at NowThis News, she has an M.A. in Magazine Journalism from NYU and was previously a news fellow at Salon.


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