Paul,
Absolutely not. I don’t think that
taxpayers/government should be funding his legal defense fund or anyone
else’s legal defense fund. I know from at least this article,
that Black requested to spend state funds to defend himself, and a
proposed legislative provision would have allowed legislators to use
state funds to hire private lawyers.
However, his request was turned down by the AG (Cooper).
I’m not sure what happened to the legislative provision nor am I sure
what situations it would’ve covered.
If taxpayer dollars are involved, then this also changes my view
as it relates to donors. The public then does have the right to
know who is donating money. I didn’t think that taxpayer dollars
were involved though, but I certainly could be wrong.
