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Link: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/15/trump-fundraising-indictment-data-00092176
The former president’s two political entities brought in $18.8 million during the first quarter of this year. | Former President Donald Trump’s 2024 fundraising has been turbocharged by his indictment, according to new figures provided by his campaign. ● Trump raised a combined $18.8 million in the first quarter through his joint fundraising committee and his campaign, the latter of which is required to report its first-quarter financial activity on Saturday. ● But the campaign also says it brought in nearly the same amount in the two weeks after the charges were filed against the former president — $15.4 million — underscoring just how much the charges against Trump have animated his backers. In another indication that the indictment has helped Trump to grow his fundraising base, nearly a quarter of those who contributed to Trump during that period had never given to him before.