Former President Donald Trump’s 2024 White House campaign has seen a surge in donations following his indictment and arraignment in New York City. The campaign reported that it brought in nearly $18.8 million in fundraising during the first quarter of 2023, reports Fox News.
Additionally, they said they have raised $15.4 million in the two weeks following March 30th when news of Trump’s indictment broke.
Trump is the first former US President in history to be charged with a crime and was indicted for allegedly falsifying business records related to hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in 2016 to keep her quiet ahead of that year’s presidential election.
ABC News blurs out “TEXT TRUMP to 88022” in its coverage of Trump’s post-arraignment speech as reports suggest the Trump campaign has raised over $10 million since his indictment. pic.twitter.com/nCrE3XzSS5
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 5, 2023
The former president denies sleeping with Daniels and falsifying business records to conceal the payment.
Trump’s campaign immediately capitalized on the March 30th indictment news, sending out fundraising emails to supporters and running ads on Facebook.
The figures show just how much the indictment and arraignment of Trump have energized his supporters. Additionally, the former president has increased his lead over the other contenders in public opinion polling for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.
Dem establishment has been weaponizing law enforcement & security state to go after Donald Trump since he ran for president in 2016. The politicized Trump indictment is just the latest example of the Dem establishment putting their own personal & partisan interests ahead of the… pic.twitter.com/GYO64ySJnf
— Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) April 4, 2023
GOP pollster Daron Shaw has said that the indictment news “has helped Trump quite a bit among Republican primary voters.” He added that GOP primary voters “view the case as politically motivated, and it reanimates feelings that Trump is still fighting forces they see as corrupt and out of control.”
The indictment has put the 2024 spotlight back on Trump, making it difficult for any of his rivals to gain traction. This effectively freezes Trump’s position as the clear front-runner during the early legs of the primary battle.
Earlier this week we announced a 34-count felony indictment of former president Donald J. Trump. “The trail of money & lies exposes a pattern that, the People allege, violates one of New York’s basic & fundamental business laws.” – D.A. Bragg. Watch here: pic.twitter.com/wXTb8ayv66
— Alvin Bragg (@ManhattanDA) April 6, 2023
The nearly $18.8 million in fundraising during the first quarter is a combined haul from two entities: the former president’s campaign (Donald J. Trump for President 2024) and the Trump Save America JFC (joint fundraising committee).
The campaign is required by law to report by the end of Saturday its first-quarter fundraising.
Trump launched his third straight White House campaign in mid-November. Only two other major contenders declared their candidacies before the end of the first quarter.
Both former ambassador and former two-term South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and multi-millionaire entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy jumped into the Republican presidential nomination race in February.
