Former U.S. President Donald Trump dances on the day of his “Make America Great Again” rally in Pickens, South Carolina, July 1, 2023.
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Former President Donald Trump’s 2024 fundraising operation raked in greater than $35 million within the second quarter, nearly doubling what it raised within the previous reporting period, three campaign officials told CNBC on Wednesday.
The newest haul, raised by Trump’s joint committee through the three-month period spanning April through June, got here as the previous president pleaded not guilty in two separate criminal cases.
The president’s legal strife can have boosted his fundraising efforts. The Trump campaign reported massive surges in donations within the wake of each his first indictment in late March in Recent York and the federal indictment returned in June.
The typical donation to the Trump campaign was $34, in keeping with the officials, who requested anonymity to verify the figures ahead of a July 15 filing deadline.
The joint fundraising committee comprises Trump’s campaign and his leadership PAC, Save America. In the primary three months of the 12 months, the operation took in $18.8 million, with the campaign receiving $14.4 million of that sum.
It was unclear how much of the second-quarter bundle was raised by Trump’s campaign and the way much was taken in by Save America.
Trump has put the costs against him front and center in his campaign messaging and fundraising appeals. The previous president repeatedly attacks the prosecutors pursuing his cases in Manhattan criminal court and federal court in Miami.
In a Truth Social post late Wednesday, Trump tore into special counsel Jack Smith, who’s leading the criminal probe into Trump’s mishandling of classified documents that yielded federal charges, saying he “looks like a crackhead.”
The fundraising haul provides more evidence that Trump stays the clear frontrunner within the Republican presidential primary field. His top competitor, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, has to this point did not make a meaningful dent in national polls of the GOP field.
Politico reported on Trump’s second quarter fundraising numbers earlier Wednesday.
