Amidst conviction on Thursday, Donald Trump’s campaign announced on Friday it had raised $35 million in online small-dollar donations. The donation was made after Trump was convicted in his New York hush money trial.
The campaign organization, therefore, boasted that the verdict had galvanized his support “like never before.”
According to Trump’s aides, the record-shattering figure amounted to almost double the next best fundraising day for the campaign on WinRed. The WinRed is the official Republican Party donation platform.
“Crooked Joe Biden and the Democrats with their election interference political witch hunt have awakened the MAGA movement like never before,” senior campaign aides Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles said in a statement.
“Just minutes after the sham trial verdict was announced, our digital fundraising system was overwhelmed with support. And despite temporary delays online because of the amount of traffic, President Trump raised $34.8 million Dollars from small-Dollar donors.”
According to the advisors, 30 percent of the total came from new donors to the platform . They, therefore, hailed an “outpouring of support from patriots across our country.”
Recall that a jury convicted Trump Thursday on all 34 charges of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal in the final stages of the 2016 presidential campaign.
“Prosecutors said Trump had sex with porn actress Stormy Daniels soon after his wife Melania had given birth in 2006. He then paid hush money a decade later to avoid the fallout and deceive voters. He also created false paperwork to conceal the payment.
The former President is due for sentencing on July 11. He, however, is expected to appeal the verdict.
According to reports, President Joe Biden has been at pains to avoid commenting on the trial.
AFP reported that there is no evidence that Biden or his administration had any involvement in the investigation. The New York State, not the Federal Government, launched the trail.
Recall that Trump has a long record of turning scandal to his advantage. After the verdict, his campaign website began redirecting visitors to a fundraising page. They declared he was a “political prisoner”, AFP stated.
“The page crashed for around an hour within minutes of launching, however, as the surge of Trump supporters overwhelmed WinRed.
Trump regularly characterizes his legal woes as a battle against the evil forces of the “deep state”. He has also accused Biden’s White House of witch-hunting him. He, therefore, casted himself as a martyr willing to sacrifice his liberty to stand up for his supporters.
“In April 2024, Trump compared himself to South African anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela for the second time. He has also likened himself to Jesus Christ.
“WITCH HUNT! IF THIS CAN HAPPEN TO ME, IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE!,” Trump posted on his platform Truth Social on Friday.
source: AFP
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