Donations for Donald Trump double as basic loyalty is not suable

Donald Trump is among supporters at a campaign event in Pickens, South Carolina, last weekend. Credit: Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg

Donald Trump has seen a spike in donations over the past three months as the former US president faces a storm of civil and criminal lawsuits.

His main fundraising committee, campaign insiders say raised more than $35 million in the second quarter, nearly double the amount it earned in the first three months of the year.

The official figures will be released by the FEC later this month, but it is already clear that the loyalty of the Trump base has increased.

The money was split between the Trump presidential election fund and his Save America political action committee, which to help pay his mounting legal bills.

A campaign insider told The Washington Post that the average donation was $34, indicating that «grassroots Republicans overwhelmingly support President Trump.»

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In March, the former president was indicted in New York. grand jury in a case involving alleged silence payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. The following month, he pleaded not guilty to 34 charges of falsifying business records.

Last month, he denied 37 federal charges related to the handling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.< /p>

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He is also under investigation in Georgia in connection with his attempt to persuade Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to «find» votes to reverse his electoral defeat by Joe Biden.

Mr. Trump has used prosecutions he called witch hunts as a fundraising tool, making requests for cash within hours of appearing in court.

Supporters receive several calls for donations a day from Mr. Trump.

Sometimes he aims his fire at Joe Biden and the Democrats, but others target his enemies within the Republican Party.

For example, on Wednesday he lashed out at «disloyal Republicans who are trying to stop us in the primaries,» noting that they have raised $370 million.

«Why don't they promise to spend that money to defeat 'fraudster' Joe?» he asked.

“Because those duplicitous traitorous RINOs [''Republicans in name only''] would rather have four more years to Biden and Kamala than to anyone else.” someone who actually fights for the silent majority. .”