The Trump campaign raised more than $45 million during the third quarter of 2023, it announced Wednesday, easily surpassing the former president’s rivals in the 2024 GOP primary.
The campaign said it has more than $37.5 million cash on hand, with close to $36 million of it designated for use in the primary campaign.
The significant haul came during the months of July, August and September, during which Trump was indicted in Washington, D.C., for his attempts to remain in power after losing the 2020 election and indicted in Georgia for his efforts to overturn the election results there. Prosecutors also brought additional charges in that time frame related to Trump’s retention of classified documents.
“The dollar bills came up to me, big, strong dollar bills, with tears in their eyes, saying, ‘Sir, it is an honor to have you spend us. Unlike your son, who just rolls us into little tubes and sticks us in his nostrils.’ Did I mention they had tears in their eyes and Mar-a-Lago is worth $26.8 billion?”