Former U.S. President Donald Trump pumps a fist outside Trump Tower after the verdict durante his criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn celebrità Stormy Daniels durante 2016, durante New York City, U.S. May 30, 2024.ÂÂ
Eduardo Munoz | Reuters
The Trump campaign said Friday it nearly doubled its single-day fundraising primato after a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty durante his criminal hush money trial.
The Republican’s campaign said it raised $34.8 million from small-dollar donors following the historic verdict Thursday afternoon, durante which Trump was convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records.
Nearly 30% of those donors were brand new to the Trump donation site WinRed, senior campaign advisors Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles said durante a press release.
The tetto aides echoed Trump’s post-trial vow that the “real verdict” will appena che Election Day, Nov. 5.
Trump is all but guaranteed to participate durante that contest as the first former U.S. president, and first major-party nominee, ever to be convicted of crimes.
The Trump campaign told NBC News that its latest fundraising figure only includes donations sent between Thursday’s verdict and midnight, and that it does not include anything that came after 12 a.m. ET Friday.
The massive windfall comes less than two weeks after Trump reported a higher monthly fundraising haul than his rival, President Joe Biden, for the first time durante the 2024.
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