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.
What was the record?
What was the old record?
Was it adjusted for inflation?
Who’s recording and measuring these records?
I don’t know the answers except that they don’t adjust these for inflation. But I do know from years of watching politics that the old record isn’t anywhere close to this. I don’t recall ever even seeing $10 million raised in one day.