The Republican former president’s campaign Donald Trump announced Wednesday that the US presidential candidate had raised nearly $7 million in donations after it was revealed that he was charged by a federal court for illegally possessing classified government documents last week, as his message that he is being “politically persecuted” clearly resonates with his hard-line followers.
‘President Trump’ secures ‘over $6.6 million’ after ‘unbalanced Jack Smith announces political prosecution’the candidate’s team said in an email to supporters yesterday, using the tycoon’s own characterization of the special prosecutor investigating the case.
Online donations raised $4.5 million
The $4.5 million was raised from online donations and another $2.1 million at an event Tuesday at the Bedminster Club, Mr. Trump’s private golf course in New Jersey.
A spokesman for Mr. Trump, who is the front-runner for the Republican nomination to be the party’s presidential nominee in elections of 2024, he later told Reuters news agency that the $7 million mark had been exceeded.
He insists that Trump is innocent
Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to a total of 37 charges in federal court yesterday Tuesday. He claims he had “every right” to withhold the documents and portrays his prosecution as an attempt by Democrats to put him out of the running in 2024 and hurt Republicans, about 30% of whom are believed to be unwaveringly supportive of him.
The polls show that the message that Trump sent to the Americans is having an effect
“They’re not after me, they’re after you”Donald Trump said, as reported by the Athens News Agency with the last word in capital letters, in one of his many messages to his supporters at a fundraiser yesterday.
Polls show that the message is working. An overwhelming majority of Republican supporters (81%) believe the impeachment is politically motivated, according to an Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of Reuters and completed on Monday.
Donald Trump has also seen public donations to his campaign increase after he was indicted in a New York court on fraud charges in a 2016 case involving payments to a porn star to ensure her silence. When news broke that he would be indicted, his campaign raised $7 million in three days, according to his adviser Jason Miller.
An organization close to Mr. Trump’s campaign is already breaking fundraising records in the early stages of his re-election bid, undercutting rivals for his party’s nomination, notably Florida Gov. Ron DeSandis.
The difference between Mr. Trump and DeSandis exceed 20 percentage points (43-22%), according to the same Ipsos/Reuters poll.
Source: News Beast
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