Former President Donald Trump’s campaign announced Monday that it and the Republican National Committee raised a staggering $141 million in May, thanks in part to the former president’s criminal conviction.
That’s up from the $76 million he raised in April, when he defeated President Biden and the DNC for the first time in his 2024 reelection bid.
The campaign noted that 25% of donors in May were first-time donors to Trump, with the average donation being $70.27.
In addition to campaign fundraising efforts, the Trump campaign said groups supporting the former president raised an additional $150 million in May.
“President Trump has raised $141 million this month because the American people remember the strong economy, secure borders, and peace due to strength at home and abroad under the Administration of Donald J. Trump. If Trump is re-elected in November, we will restore prosperity and success,” Trump campaign senior advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles said in a statement.
Trump is convicted and cashes in on his criminal conviction
Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower on Thursday, May 30, 2024, after being convicted of 34 counts of first-degree falsifying business records. (Felipe Ramares for Fox News Digital)
Monday’s announcement came shortly after the former president was convicted in a criminal trial in New York City and on the heels of what the Trump campaign touted as a “record-breaking” fundraising haul.
President Trump is the first former and current president in U.S. history to be convicted of all 34 felony counts at trial.
The former president’s campaign highlighted that in the first 24 hours after Thursday night’s ruling, they and the Republican National Committee raised nearly $53 million, which was added to May’s total.
Former President Donald Trump sits in court during his hush money trial in Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024, in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Pool via Reuters)
The campaign touted the fundraiser as “nearly double the biggest day ever recorded by the Trump campaign on the WinRed platform” and stressed that the conviction “awakened the MAGA movement like never before.”
The Republican National Committee announced Sunday that online fundraising totals had topped $70 million as of 48 hours.
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Trump has been seeking to close the fundraising gap with Biden, and in April, his campaign and the Republican National Committee outraised Biden’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee for the first time.
While Biden has consistently outraised Trump in monthly fundraising, Trump’s April total was boosted by a record $50.5 million that the former president’s campaign raised at a single event for top Republican donors at the home of billionaire investor John Paulson in Palm Beach, Florida, earlier that month.
Trump is stepping up his fundraising efforts, The Biden campaign still held a cash advantage of $84 million to $49 million as of the end of April.
Fundraising, along with polls, is a key indicator of the strength of candidates and their campaigns. Money raised can be used to bolster grassroots and get-out-the-vote efforts, human resources, travel, advertising, and more.
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