Date: May 19th, 2018 6:50 PM
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A former Donald Trump campaign aide with connections to Moscow is getting help to pay what he says are mounting legal fees tied to the Russia investigations.
Associates of Michael Caputo have set up a new fund to help cover some of Caputo’s $125,000 in estimated costs connected to being a witness for multiple congressional investigations tied to the 2016 presidential campaign, as well as for special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe.
Caputo testified last July to the House Intelligence Committee, and his communications firm said Wednesday he’s still expecting calls to answer questions from Mueller and two Senate committees.
Caputo has been in the investigative spotlight because of his work on the Trump campaign, as well as his own business and personal connections to Moscow. He lived in Russia in the 1990s, claiming to work with the Kremlin. In the early 2000s, Caputo worked as a public relations adviser to a subsidiary of Gazprom, the state-owned Russian energy conglomerate.
Mounting legal expenses have been a recurring issue for Trump-connected staffers who have been pulled into the Russia probes — with donations serving as a useful resource to help the aides. Former New York GOP Rep. Nan Hayworth was listed as the lead administrator for the Patriot Legal Expense Fund Trust LLC, a Delaware-based fund established in February and available to both current and former Trump administration and campaign aides.
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