The Washington Post White House crew—especially Phil Rucker and Ashley Parker—are doing a great job parsing through the chaos that's going on inside the gates at 1600 Pennsylvania, which apparently has combined the essential loyalty of the Borgia popes with the fundamental organization of a Three Stooges pie fight. However, there is one small gem from their most recent spelunking that's worthy of closer examination.

Another question is who will pay the legal fees for the president and administration officials involved in the Russia inquiries. Some in Trump's orbit are pushing the Republican National Committee to bear the costs, said three people with knowledge of the situation, including one who euphemistically described the debate as a "robust discussion."

Although the RNC does have a legal defense fund, it well predates the Russia investigations and is intended to be used for legal challenges facing the Republican Party, such as a potential election recount. The RNC has not made a decision, in part because the committee is still researching whether the money could legally be used to help pay legal costs related to Russia. But many within the organization are resisting the effort, thinking it would be more appropriate to create a separate legal defense fund for the case.

These people are unbelievable. Seriously, has any one of them ever actually paid a bill in their lives? Right now, they've run their own administration into a ditch through their own greed and incompetence. Everybody has to lawyer up because the administration is run by boobs and grifters, and perhaps by Russian oligarchs. And the First Family is still looking to tennis-shoe the legal costs and stick somebody else with the check.

The Chew-and-Screw administration. Well done, America. Seriously.

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Charles P. Pierce Charles P Pierce is the author of four books, most recently Idiot America, and has been a working journalist since 1976.

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