Trump, RNC raised $255.4M in 8 weeks

Now-former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party raised $255.4 million in the eight-plus weeks following the Nov. 3 election, new federal filings show, as he sought to undermine and overturn the results with unfounded accusations of fraud.

Mr. Trump’s strongest fundraising came in the immediate aftermath of the election, such as after major media organizations projected on Nov. 7 that President Joe Biden had won. But even as Mr. Trump and his legal team lost case after case — in venues including the Supreme Court — his donors continued to give repeatedly. More than 2 million contributions flowed in to Mr. Trump, the Republican National Committee and their shared accounts from Nov. 24 through the end of 2020.

The donations were made public over the weekend in a Federal Election Commission filing by WinRed, the digital platform Republicans use to process online donations. Mr. Trump’s campaign committee, his joint committees with the RNC and the new political action committee he formed after the election, Save America, will all file additional disclosures

Sunday with more details on spending and fundraising.

Mr. Trump had previously announced he and the RNC had raised $207.5 million in the first month following the election. The new records show his fundraising fell sharply in December compared with November, with an especially notable dip after Dec. 14, the day the Electoral College formally cast its ballots to make Mr. Biden the nation’s 46th president.