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Former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party officially kicked off their high-dollar general election fundraising operation Saturday evening, with major donors -- both his vocal loyalists and those just now getting off the sidelines -- gathering in Palm Beach, Florida, to support the GOP's presumptive nominee. For the second time this election cycle, former first lady Melania Trump was publicly seen joining the former president for a political occasion after she was last seen with her husband publicly at a polling location in Palm Beach on Florida's primary election day. The fundraiser, hosted by billionaire John Paulson, has brought in more than $50 million for the Trump campaign and the Republican Party, according to the organizers, which would eclipse President Joe Biden's fundraiser with former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton in New York last weekend, where they said they raised $26 million.
The who’s who of wealthy MAGA Billionaires are reportedly heading to Palm Beach, Fla. this weekend for a massive fundraiser for former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, hosted by hedge fund founder John Paulson.
A major fundraiser for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Florida on Saturday is expected to rake in a massive $43 million or more as the former president seeks to replenish diminished coffers in his rematch against Democrat Joe Biden. The event, slated to be his biggest fundraiser yet, is a much-needed opportunity for Trump, who has been routinely outraised by Biden and is in the midst of a financial squeeze due to ballooning lawyer fees and legal payouts. The dinner, hosted at billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson's Palm Beach home, will allocate a portion of the money to be raised to a fundraising group that has spent tens of millions of dollars on Trump's legal fees.
A high-dollar fundraiser Saturday to benefit former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party has raised $43 million so far, a source familiar with the details told CNN.
A campaign spokesperson for President Biden accused former President Donald Trump of inviting "tax cheats, scammers, racists and extremists" to his upcoming Palm Beach fundraiser.
Major political donors will gather Saturday in Donald Trump's fiefdom of Palm Beach for a fundraising event that his campaign hopes will mark a new phase in a swaggering, high-stakes race for big money with Joe Biden.But the 77-year-old Trump is hoping to raise nearly twice as much at the Florida event on Saturday evening -- between $43 and $50 million, according to US media.