Donald Trump $7 Million Pay Off Since Indictment For His 2024 Presidential Campaign

Senior Adviser of  Trump aide Jason Miller announced the haul as the former president was en route to New York City ahead of his expected arrest and arraignment on Tuesday making Donald Trump the first former president t in U.S. history to be charged with a crime. Miller described the total three-day as a “record” but showed no more details.

Last Thursday, a grand jury voted on Donald Trump’s indictment after listening to evidence in the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation of a silent money payment made in the 2016 election to a porn star who alleges she had a fling with Trump years ago.

The indictment, which has not been revealed publicly but will reportedly contain approximately 30 counts connected to document fraud, marks the first-ever criminal charges against a former president. Trump has repeatedly decried District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s probe as a “witch hunt,” and has attacked the DA himself in vitriolic terms.

Solicitations from the Donald Trump campaign’s joint fundraising committee have in recent weeks repeatedly referenced the possibility of criminal charges, seeking to spur donations from the former president’s outraged supporters.

After the grand jury’s vote, Trump’s campaign started running Facebook ads that seized on the development.

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Recent polls show that Donald Trump is leading the potential Republican presidential primary field, which so far officially contains just him, and a small poll shows other candidates. Donald Trump’s top potential rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, is anticipated to announce his presidential objectives after his state’s current legislative session ends next month.

Monday, an official with the group told CNBC that a super PAC backing a DeSantis White House bid has raised $30 million since its launch less than a month ago.

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