Campaign fundraises off indictment, casting felony charges as a 'disgusting witch hunt'

In the days following his indictment, Trump's 2024 campaign launched a fundraising blitz built around the criminal charges, with senior adviser Jason Miller announcing the campaign had raised "$7 million in the three days since he was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury." Campaign emails and Facebook ads run in Trump's name declared, "The Radical Left – the enemy of the hard-working men and women of this country – have INDICTED me in a disgusting witch hunt," and asked supporters to "defend our movement from the never-ending witch hunts." The $7 million figure was reported by the campaign itself rather than an independent filing; later FEC disclosures showed Trump's joint fundraising committees raised roughly $18.8 million in the first quarter of 2023 overall, with reporting describing a documented donation spike after the indictment. The campaign framed the criminal charges as persecution to solicit donations while also selling indictment-themed merchandise.

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