LEGAL/MIKE PENCE/RUSSIA: “Vice President Mike Pence has chosen not to use an allied political committee to pay for the private attorney he retained last week to represent him in the special counsel probe of Trump associates’ ties to Russia, two people close to Mr. Pence said Wednesday [6-21-17].
Last week, a person familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal that the vice president would most likely use funds raised through a leadership PAC created earlier this year to pay for his legal bills.
At that point, Mr. Pence had not been presented with the options for paying his legal bills, another person said. When he reviewed them, he decided he would not use the leadership PAC, called the Great America Committee.
It is not clear how Mr. Pence will pay his legal fees, which can be a daunting expense, especially for public officials of relatively limited means.”
-Peter Nicholas and Rebecca Ballhaus, “Pence Won’t Pay Legal Fees With PAC Funds,” The Wall Street Journal online, June 21, 2017 03:45pm