Donald Trump’s inaugural committee raised record-breaking $240mn

Trump raised record $239M for inauguration fueled by big tech, big oil, big business

U.S. President Donald Trump raised a record $239 million for his second inauguration, according to Federal Election Commission filings.

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Mark Zuckerberg must be starting to wonder if it was worth shelling out $25m in a donation to the foundation to build Donald Trump’s presidential library when he capitulated in a lawsuit over Trump’s suspension from Facebook following the 6 January riots. Or whether it was worth making a $1m donation to the president’s inaugural committee in December. Or flying to Mar-a-Lago to hang out with Trump before the inauguration. Or even bothering with …

Nevada donors aided Trump’s $239M inauguration haul

Notable contributions included $1 million from GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson and $250,000 from Sam Brown’s U.S. Senate campaign. Marty O’Donnell, who unsuccessfully ran for a U.S. House seat in the 3rd Congressional District, gave …

Gov. JB Pritzker calls it ‘ironic’ that inaugural committee accepted donation from Chinese firm Trump has criticized

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday called it “ironic” that an electric vehicle battery company his administration helped bring to Illinois to build a $2 billion plant donated $1 million earlier this year to the inaugural committee supporting President Donald Trump, an ardent foe of the governor’s who has criticized the business for its ties to the Chinese Communist Party. But the governor stopped short of criticizing Gotion, Inc., …

Biggest Inauguration Donor Was a Poultry Company

President Trump not only won the 2024 election, the campaign to raise cash for his inauguration also hit the jackpot. As NBC News reports, Trump's inaugural committee raised a staggering $239 million, smashing the previous record—also held by Trump from his first inauguration—of about $107 million. Bloomberg notes...

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