Former President Donald Trump’s campaign on Monday announced that they and the Republican National Committee, fueled in part by the former president’s guilty verdicts in his criminal trial, hauled in a stunning $141 million in fundraising in May.
That’s up from the $76 million they raked in back in April when they topped President Biden and the Democratic National Committee for the first time in their 2024 election rematch.
The campaign pointed out that the average dollar donation was $70.27 with 25% of the donors in May being first time contributors to Trump.
Besides the campaign’s fundraising efforts, the Trump team says organizations supporting the former president raised another $150 million in May.
In a statement, Trump Campaign senior advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles said, “President Trump raised $141 million this month because Americans remember the roaring economy, secure border, and peace through strength at home and abroad under Donald J. Trump, and we will return to prosperity and success when he is re-elected in November.”
Monday’s announcement comes in the wake of what the Trump campaign touted as “record-shattering” fundraising in the immediate aftermath of the former president’s conviction in his criminal trial in New York City.
Trump was found guilty of all 34 felony counts in the first trial of a former or current president in the nation’s history.
The former president’s campaign highlighted that in the first 24 hours following Thursday evening’s verdict, they and the Republican National Committee hauled in nearly $53 million in fundraising, which counted towards May’s total.
