Trump campaign raises record $34.8 million in donations after guilty verdict

Key Points

• The presidential campaign of Donald Trump said it raised a record $34.8 million from small-dollar donors in the hours after his criminal hush money case conviction in New York.
• Trump was found guilty by a Manhattan Supreme Court jury of falsifying business records related to his scheme with Michael Cohen to pay off porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.
• The Republican is set to face President Joe Biden in November’s election, in a rematch of their 2020 contest for the White House.