Donald Trump has raised more than $50 million in donations since his criminal conviction

According to his campaign team, 30% of these donations were made by new donors.

Since Donald Trump’s criminal conviction on Thursday, his campaign team has collected more than $52 million (47.9 million euros) in online donations in 24 hours, she announced Friday, May 31 in a communicated. “It’s more than $2 million per hour.”explains his team, specifying that the conviction of the former president, and candidate for the next presidential election, had galvanized his support “like never before”.

“Within minutes of the verdict being announced, our digital fundraising system was overwhelmed by support, and, despite temporary delays related to online attendance, President Trump raised $34.8 million through small are”, campaign advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles said in a statement Friday morning. The figure jumped to $52.8 million in the evening. 30% of these donations were made by new donors.

“Joe the Crook and the Democrats, with their witch hunt, have awakened the MAGA movement [“Make America Great Again”, slogan de Donald Trump] like never before”, greeted the campaign advisors again.

Donald Trump was found guilty Thursday in New York of all charges against him in a criminal trial – the first from a former American president – for falsifying documents to hide payments intended to buy the silence of a former porn star. Judge Juan Merchan set sentencing for July 11. On Friday, Donald Trump slammed a lawsuit “very unfair” and rigged, and announced that he would do “call this scam”.