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Trump campaign paid Trump Jr.'s lawyer $50,000 last month — before revelations that Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer

The payment was made before it emerged that Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer during the campaign.

President Donald Trump's re-election campaign made a $50,000 payment in June to the Law Offices of Alan S. Futerfas, the lawyer now representing Donald Trump Jr. in ongoing investigations into Russia's interference in the 2016 election and the Trump campaign's possible role in it.

The payment was made more than a week before revelations that Trump Jr. had met with Natalia Veselnitskaya, a Russian lawyer with strong ties to the Kremlin, during the campaign last year.

The payment to Futerfas, dated June 27, was disclosed in a filing with the Federal Election Commission on Saturday. It was described as covering "legal consulting" fees.

Separately, the campaign also paid Jones Day, the law firm that represented Trump's campaign during the election.

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The campaign also paid $89,561 to The Trump Corporation for "legal consulting." The company, owned by the president, is not a law firm. The payment was dated June 30th.

In the second quarter of 2017, Trump's re-election campaign raised about $8 million and spent $4.4 million.

Trump filed for re-election the day after taking office — allowing his campaign to continue to raise and spend money while he is in office.

The Federal Election Commission has previously ruled that candidates and federal office holders may spend campaign funds on legal fees that are part of legal actions that would not have been necessary if they were not a candidate.

Trump has also hired outside counsel being led Marc Kasowitz. His campaign finance disclosure did not list any payments to Kasowitz.

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