Not to pay for his defense, but to pay for his assigned counsel. Of course the dirty little secret is that assigned counsel is a completely broken race-to-the-

Not to pay for his defense, but to pay for his assigned counsel. Of course the dirty little secret is that assigned counsel is a completely broken race-to-the-bottom system and in a federal lawsuit pretty much the same as having no counsel at all. People donated so he could retain a proper lawyer.