Representatives with former President Donald Trump‘s 2024 campaign have confirmed reports that he raised $1.5 million in just three days after he announced on Truth Social he would be arrested on March 21 in Manhattan, according to FOX News.
Trump had taken to social media to announce that he would be arrested as he faces potential criminal charges in New York over reportedly paying hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniels. The reported $130,000 payment was to prevent Daniels from going public before the 2016 presidential election with her allegations of a 2006 affair. The payments, reports indicate, were made by his lawyer at the time, Michael Cohen.
He urged his supporters to protest with his post on Truth Social on March 18 that read, “PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK.”
One response that came after the request was a small protest outside of Trump Towers in New York that same evening by those who are hopeful for his potential arrest and indictment.
He wasn’t arrested on Tuesday as he announced and it has prompted his critics to raise their eyebrows, as they’ve pointed out how they previously have seen this plot of him exploiting money from American citizens. They took to Twitter to call the former president a “grifter” after they found out he made a profit that went toward his presidential campaign.
“I guess the economy isn’t so bad after all,” said one comment.
“He can put the money on his commissary card.”
The former president’s lead defense attorney Susan Necheles couldn’t confirm the alleged arrest from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office was actually coming, according to Business Insider.
“President Trump is basing this on press reports,” Necheles told…
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