"President Trump Raises Over $6.6 Million and Counting Since
Deranged Jack Smith Announced Political Prosecution," Trump's
campaign wrote in an email to supporters on Wednesday, referring
to the U.S. special counsel investigating him.
Over $4.5 million came from digital fundraising while $2.1
million was raised from a donor event on Tuesday at Trump's
Bedminster Club in New Jersey.
A spokesman for Trump, who is the frontrunner for the 2024
Republican presidential nomination, later emailed Reuters
stating that fundraising had passed the bar of $7 million since
the indictment was announced on Thursday.
In the indictment, Trump was accused of illegally retaining
classified government documents after leaving the White House
and then conspiring to obstruct a federal probe of the matter.
Trump was arraigned on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to all 37
counts in court.
He has sought to frame the charges as a Democratic-led attack to
knock him out of the 2024 race - and one ultimately designed to
hurt Republicans, 30% of whom are considered unwavering Trump
supporters.
"They're not coming after me, they're coming after YOU," Trump
wrote in one of a flurry of fundraising emails on Wednesday.
Polling suggests Trump's strategy is working: A vast majority of
Republicans - some 81% - believe the charges are politically
motivated, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on
Monday.
Trump also enjoyed a fundraising bump from charges in New York
as part of a case involving hush money paid to a porn star.
After word emerged in March that Trump was going to be charged,
his campaign raised $7 million in three days, according to
senior adviser Jason Miller.
A group allied with Trump's bid for the Republican nomination is
setting records for outside political spending early in a U.S.
presidential campaign as he looks to outrun his nearest rival,
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, according to recent Reuters
reporting.
(Reporting by Alexandra Ulmer; Editing by Mary Milliken and
Cynthia Osterman)
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