The Trump campaign raised nearly double the amount of money it had raised in any single day to date, with most of the money coming through online donation platforms.
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The day after former US President Donald Trump’s historic conviction in the infamous hush money case, the Trump campaign announced it had broken campaign fundraising records. On Thursday, the businessman-turned-politician was convicted by a 12-person jury of falsifying business records, making history for all the wrong reasons.
by Financial Times, The Trump campaign raised nearly double the amount of money it had raised in any single day to date, with the money coming through online donation platforms.
The campaign announced Friday morning that it had raised $34.8 million following the verdict. Notably, the verdict makes Trump the first former president to be convicted of a felony. He was found guilty on all 34 counts and accused of hiding hush money he paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels from his business records.
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The Trump campaign said the amount was nearly double the amount raised in a single day on the WinRed donation platform, which briefly crashed due to the influx of donations.
“President Trump is fighting to save our nation, and November 5th is the day the American people will make a real decision,” Trump campaign senior advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles said in a statement.
Shortly after the verdict began making headlines, the Trump campaign launched a donation drive within minutes, calling Trump a “political prisoner.”
“I have just been convicted in a rigged political witch hunt trial,” Trump wrote on his campaign page. “I did nothing wrong!”
Even before the ruling, the Trump campaign had been stepping up its fundraising efforts, including holding an event with oil tycoons in Texas and planning a visit to Silicon Valley in June.
Jason Thielman, the official campaign manager for the Republican Senate, also noted the surge in campaign funds. “Outrage over the false verdict against Trump galvanized ordinary Americans into action!” Thielman wrote on TwitterX (formerly Twitter).
Outrage over the false verdict against Trump has galvanized ordinary Americans into action. The NRSC has raised its largest daily online fundraising total of this season. People are energized and determined to take back the White House and the Senate.
— Jason Thielman (@ThielmanJason) May 31, 2024
“The NRSC just had its largest online fundraising drive of the season. People are energized and determined to take back the White House and the Senate!” he added.
Not only that, Google searches for DonaldJTrump.com and WinRed soared by more than 5,000 percent, “Trump campaign website” soared by more than 1,000 percent, and “Biden campaign website” saw an increase of more than 350 percent. Financial Times report.
Billionaires including Stephen Schwarzman, Bill Ackman and Miriam Adelson have announced their intention to support the former president in the upcoming election.
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