However, Trump and his supporters continue to insist that his conviction was “rigged” by Democrats, and his legal team has already vowed to appeal, which would likely halt the ruling until that process is over. developed in the courts.
His campaign team and the Republican National Committee also said last week they raised $141 million ($213 million) in May while his trial was underway and after his historic conviction.
Protesters outside Trump Tower as Donald Trump spoke.Credit: Bloomberg
In an emailed appeal to donors, Democrats described the fundraising as “terrifying.”
“We'll be blunt: If Trump's supporters are going to give this much money after his conviction, there's no telling what they'll do in the future,” the party wrote in an email asking for supporters' donations.
In an attempt to slow his march to the White House, some of Trump's former supporters have mounted a campaign to highlight his criminality as the election heats up.
The campaign, by GOP voters against Trump, involves placing billboards in the battleground states of Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, with voters declaring: “I am a former Trump voter. I will not vote for a convicted felon.” .
Posters showing Republicans vowing not to vote for Donald Trump after his conviction in the hush money trial. Credit: Republican voters against Trump
John Conway, the group's chief strategy officer, said the goal is to win over conservative-leaning Republicans and independents who are hesitant to put a convicted felon in the White House.
“We've seen election cycle after election cycle that it's Republican and center-right voters who break away from Donald Trump and the Republican Party who decide these critical states,” he told this column.
“One thing we know from the focus groups is that we're not going to build a pro-Biden coalition in 2024 — we have to build an anti-Trump coalition with these voters. They don't love any of their choices, so it's really going to come down to who they think it is the most dangerous and the most hated, and these felony convictions are just one part of making that case.”
Trump was found guilty last month of participating in a criminal conspiracy designed to influence the 2016 election that propelled him to the presidency.
Stormy Daniels explained having sex with Donald Trump in a hotel room.Credit: Getty
A New York jury found that he directed and then fraudulently repaid a $130,000 payment to silence porn star Stormy Daniels from going public with a one-night stand they had in 2006, which she feared which could have derailed his campaign.
Trump insists he is innocent and has also increased his rhetoric of retribution, including the issue of jailing his political opponents if he is again president.
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“So, you know, it's a terrible, terrible road that they're taking us down, and it's very possible that it's going to happen to them,” Trump said in an interview with the right-wing cable network Newsmax.
“Does it mean the next president is doing it to them? That's really the question,” he added.
In another interview with Dr. Phil, he noted that “revenge takes time” and “sometimes revenge can be justified,” while in an interview with Fox News ally Sean Hannity, he said of his enemies: “When this election is over, based on what they've done, I'd have every right to go after them.”
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