Trump Raises $7 Million since Classified-Documents Indictment

Former president Donald Trump is putting his fast-multiplying legal troubles to good use, raising $7 million and counting since he was indicted in Jack Smith’s classified-documents probe.

Trump has decried the prosecution as a persecution, and that message appears to be making waves with his supporters. The former president held the first major fundraiser of his campaign on Tuesday, the same day as his Miami arraignment and a speech at the Bedminster Club in New Jersey.

“Since deranged Jack Smith took the unprecedented step of weaponizing the justice system to attack his political opponent, Donald J. Trump for President 2024 has raised more than $6.6 million in just a few short days,” Trump’s campaign said in a Wednesday statement. CNN confirmed hours after the statement that the campaign had surpassed $7 million in donations.

“The American people will not stand for this corrupt attempt to interfere in the 2024 election against the leading candidate for President who will demolish the Deep State and finish the job of draining the Swamp,” the campaign added.

Over $4.5 million of that sum was raised through digital donations. The campaign raised an additional $2.1 million at a Bedminster “candlelight dinner” with top donors. An attendee told Politico that Trump was seated at the head table with Senator Tommy Tuberville (R., Ala.), among others.