It appears the grift may be running thin --
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-s...024-02-02/
Quote:WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Donald Trump has made his myriad legal woes a major focus of his presidential campaign, but after raking in millions around his first court appearances last year he has seen a sharp dropoff in fundraising off his sometimes combative clashes with judges.
Trump's main fundraising group raised about $4 million on each of his two biggest single-day hauls last year: on April 4 after pleading not guilty to charges around alleged hush money payments to a porn star, and on Aug. 25 after pleading not guilty to charges of election fraud in Georgia, according to disclosures by WinRed, the dominant online fundraising platform for Republicans.
By the last three months of the year, Trump's fundraising around days in court held close to his daily average for the year of just under $300,000, according to WinRed's most recent disclosure to the Federal Election Commission filed on Wednesday.
On Dec. 7, when Trump appeared in a Manhattan court for a civil fraud trial, his main fundraising group reported taking in around $200,000 in online contributions. On Nov. 6, when Trump and Judge Arthur Engoron repeatedly raised their voices at a civil trial appearance, the group raised under $400,000 through WinRed.
The recent slowdown suggests Trump is getting diminishing returns from his legal problems as he closes in on his Republican Party's nomination to face Democratic incumbent Joe Biden in the Nov. 5 election.
Republican political strategist Jason Cabel Roe said the initial news about Trump's indictments was bound to have a bigger impact than subsequent developments.
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The smaller daily hauls around Trump's legal problems in late 2023 were part of a broader slowdown in his campaign's fundraising.
His campaign reported bringing in $19 million in the last three months of 2023, compared to around $25 million in the prior three months. Biden's campaign took in $33 million in the fourth quarter.
Trump's legal problems are also showing increasing signs of being a direct drag on the finances of his election effort.
The main super PAC supporting his bid transferred $30 million in the second half of 2023 to another Trump group that is paying his legal bills. That money represented nearly two-thirds of what the super PAC, known as MAGA Inc, raised from mostly wealthy donors during the period.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-s...024-02-02/
