Trump marketing campaign raises $35 million whereas battling legal fees

By Reuters: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s major fundraising committee raised greater than $35 million throughout the April-June interval, a marketing campaign official mentioned, practically twice what the group gathered within the prior three months.

The acceleration in fundraising could possibly be an indication that Trump’s 2024 marketing campaign coffers are benefiting from the previous president’s authorized issues.

Trump was indicted by a federal grand jury in June on fees that embrace mishandling labeled paperwork after he left the White House in 2021. Prosecutors in New York City charged him in April in a separate case involving an alleged hush-money cost to a porn star.

Trump has disputed all the costs, saying he’s the sufferer of a political witch hunt – an argument he makes use of commonly in his e-mailed fundraising appeals. In one such e mail, he additionally mentioned, “They’re not coming after me, they’re coming after YOU,” a theme he has echoed on the stump.

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According to a Reuters/Ipsos ballot carried out the day after Trump’s federal indictment, a overwhelming majority of Republicans imagine these fees are politically motivated.

Trump is the front-runner in a crowded subject looking for the Republican presidential nomination for subsequent November’s election. His chief rival in that contest, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, solely declared his candidacy in May and has but to reveal how a lot cash he has raised.

The Trump marketing campaign official, who spoke on situation of anonymity, didn’t present additional particulars on the second quarter fundraising, which was carried out by Trump’s Save America Joint Fundraising Committee.

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But the greater than $35 million in reported donations far outstripped the $18.8 million that the joint committee raised within the first three months of the yr.

The joint committee’s most up-to-date fundraising appeals disclose that 90% of the cash it raises go to Trump’s marketing campaign, whereas the opposite 10% go to a separate group that helps fund Trump’s authorized bills.