NEW: John Dowd, while heading Trump's legal team, tried to send money from the WH legal defense fund to lawyers for Gates + Manafort. When that was rebuffed, he solicited donors + pledged $25K of his own to Manafort's fund. He didn't follow through

NEW: John Dowd, while heading Trump's legal team, tried to send money from the WH legal defense fund to lawyers for Gates + Manafort. When that was rebuffed, he solicited donors + pledged $25K of his own to Manafort's fund. He didn't follow through. https://t.co/3C3RiLvGyD

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) September 21, 2018