- The total includes $53 million raised online in the 24 hours after the verdict.
- A Manhattan jury found Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying financial records
Donald Trump has 141 million reasons not to be too pessimistic about the 34 charges on which a Manhattan jury found him guilty.
His campaign announced a surprising $141 million in fundraising for May, a month in which Trump was in court most days of the week complaining about everything from the temperature in the courtroom to what called a “rigged” trial.
The total includes $53 million raised online in the 24 hours after the former president was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in the hush money trial.
That was a period in which the Trump campaign sent out repeated fundraising drives and his supporters repeatedly clicked “donate” as a word of condemnation for all charges of falsifying business records.
The total includes funds raised by the Republican National Committee, co-chaired by Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara, who accompanied him at trial and sent out regular online fundraising appeals.
It comes from 2 million extraordinary donations and a quarter of them come from first-time donors.
The overall impact on the public remains to be seen, although Trump did well in early early polls, including one conducted by DailyMail.com immediately after the verdict.
Former President Donald Trump raised $141 million in May while his criminal trial was underway in New York.
Trump repeatedly complained about being stuck in a courtroom when he should have been campaigning, but still raised millions while traveling to his home in Trump Tower. He gave periodic statements attacking the case that was picked up by cable networks.
Trump campaign senior advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles applauded the news and echoed their client’s attacks on the court.
‘We are moved by the outpouring of support for President Donald J. Trump. “The American people woke up to corrupt Joe Biden’s rigged trial and sent Biden and Democrats a powerful message: the REAL verdict will come on November 5,” they said in a statement.
“President Trump raised $141 million this month as Americans remember the buoyant economy, secure border and peace through strength at home and abroad under Donald J. Trump, and we will return to prosperity and prosperity.” success when he is re-elected in November. they added.
Trump complained about being stuck in court when he should have been campaigning, but still raised millions
The May period included testimony from porn star Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen in Trump’s criminal trial.
The May fundraiser came from a period in which former fixer Michael Cohen and porn star Stormy Daniels testified against him.
Daniels even revealed salacious details about a 2006 affair that Trump denies, providing material for what Trump’s lawyers say are grounds for appeal.
The jury’s verdict came on May 30.
President Biden made extensive use of Trump’s time immobilized in court to travel the country and raise money.
He had $192 million in the bank, having raised $51 million in April, trailing Trump that month.
Biden’s camp has yet to announce its own fundraising.
