retainer

Example Sentences

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The Trump Organization reimbursed Mr. Cohen — but in internal documents, company executives falsely recorded the payment as a legal expense and invented a bogus legal retainer with Mr. Cohen to justify them.

From New York Times

This payment was misreported in the Trump Organization's records as a legal retainer in violation of campaign finance laws.

From Salon

Mr. Trump’s business concealed the true purpose of the payments, the filing said, by recording them as having been for a legal retainer that did not exist.

From New York Times

Those materials included records related to Mr. Trump’s taxes, invoice for legal work, and copies of legal retainers for lawyers hired by the former president.

From Washington Times

Some of these records included analysis of who should get a pardon, retainer agreements for lawyers and accountants as well as legal bills.

From Salon