Trump campaign donations surge amid criminal indictments

Former President Donald Trump’s 2024 fundraiser raised more than $35 million in the second quarter, nearly double what it raised in the previous reporting period, three campaign officials told CNBC on Wednesday.

Trump’s joint committee made the latest charges during the three-month period from April to June, when the former president pleaded not guilty in two separate criminal cases.

The president’s legal battles may have boosted his fundraising efforts.Trump campaign reports mass surge Following the first indictment in New York in late March and federal indictment Came back in June.

The average Trump campaign contribution was $34, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity to confirm the figures ahead of the July 15 filing deadline.

The joint fundraising committee is made up of Trump’s campaign team and Save America, a political action committee he leads.In the first three months of this year, the operation attracted $18.8 millionthe event receives $14.4 million This money.

It’s unclear how much of the second-quarter bundle was raised by Trump’s campaign and how much was raised by Save America.

Trump has made the allegations against him front and center in his campaign messaging and fundraising appeals. The former president has frequently attacked the prosecutors who tried his cases in Manhattan Criminal Court and Miami federal court.

In a post on The Truth Society late Wednesday, Trump lashed out at Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is leading a criminal investigation into federal charges stemming from Trump’s mishandling of classified documents, Calling him “looks like a lunatic”.

The fundraiser provided more evidence that Trump remains the clear frontrunner in the Republican presidential primary. His biggest rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, has so far failed to make a meaningful impact in Republican national polls.

Politico reports on Trump’s second-quarter fundraising numbers early wednesday.