Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump‘s main fundraising committee raised more than $35 million during the April-June period, a campaign official said, nearly twice what the group gathered in the prior three months. The acceleration in fundraising could be a sign that Trump’s 2024 campaign coffers are benefiting from the former President’s legal problems. Trump was indicted by a federal grand jury in June on charges that include mishandling classified documents 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 payment to a porn star. The Associated Press has the story:
Trump raised more than $35M in 2nd Quarter
Newslooks- WASHINGTON (AP)
Former President Donald Trump ‘s campaign said Wednesday that he raised more than $35 million for his White House bid during the second fundraising quarter, nearly double what he raised during the first three months of the year.
The total is the latest indication that Trump is the Republican primary race’s dominant frontrunner and that being indicted twice — once in New York and once in Florida — has only bolstered his standing among his strongest supporters and their willingness to give.
The average donation to Trump’s 2024 campaign now stands at $34, evidence, the campaign said, of his grassroots backing.
The total, which was first reported by Politico, was confirmed by two Trump campaign officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to share the results ahead of the formal filing. Candidates have until July 15 to submit their filings to the Federal Election Commission.
The total covers the period from April 1 to June 30 and marks a significant increase from earlier this year.
During the first three months of 2024, Trump’s reported raising $18.8 million between his main campaign account and a joint fundraising account. Of that total, $4 million had come in after Trump was indicted in late March by a grand jury in Manhattan on charges related to hush money payments made to women during his 2016 campaign.
Trump’s campaign announced last month that it had raised more than $6.6 million in the days following his second indictment — this time in Miami on federal charges related to his hoarding of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago and his alleged efforts to obstruct their return. That included over $4.5 million in online contributions and $2.1 million raised at a glitzy fundraiser held the night of his arraignment at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club.
Trump also faces additional investigations in Georgia and Washington, D.C., over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election to try to stay in power.
Trump’s rivals for the nomination, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, have yet to release their second quarter fundraising totals.
