The following is information was compiled from the official Federal
Elections Commission website for disbursements from the Obama campaign
to the law firm of Perkins Coie, which is or did represent Obama in
various eligibility suits. The FEC links follow the entries.
2nd Quarter, 2010, FEC report for Obama for
America
Perkins Coie: $248483.94
http://query.nictusa.com/pdf/501/10930598501/10930598501.pdf#navpanes=0
1st Quarter, 2010
Perkins Coie: $261,206.69
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2010/Q1/C00431445/B_PAYEE_C00431445.html
October 2009 quarterly:
Perkins Coie: $314,018.06
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2009/Q3/C00431445/B_PAYEE_C00431445.html
July 2009 quarterly:
Perkins Coie: $270,754.18
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2009/Q2/C00431445/B_PAYEE_C00431445.html
April 2009 quarterly
Perkins Coie: $688,316.42
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2009/Q1/C00431445/B_PAYEE_C00431445.htm
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Year-End 2008
Perkins Coie: $173,052.52
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2008/YE/C00431445/B_PAYEE_C00431445.html
Amended post-general election:
Perkins Coie:
$205,323.00
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2008/30G/C00431445/B_PAYEE_C00431445.html
That adds up to: $2,161,155.11
Perkins Coie does not appear in the pre-general election filing or a
few others checked randomly. You are free to pursue any further
information that is of interest. But one would assume that the
official FEC website to which the Obama and other campaigns must report
their financial activity would be taken by even the most skeptical among
us as valid documentation of the reported $1.4 or $1.8, or anything in
between, figure expended to defend the eligibility suits.
This information is about the legal fees only of that one law firm,
not the DOJ attorneys, court time, or other related costs.
