Donald Trump set to attend UFC match in NJ and participate in interview after his hush money conviction

MANHATTAN, NEW YORK: Donald Trump is making every second count following his conviction in the unprecedented New York trial while the judgment day is looming over the former president with each passing day.

The former president and likely Republican presidential nominee took center stage at a campaign fundraiser just a few hours after being found guilty.

Now, according to Fox News, the 77-year-old is set to take center stage again as he will be present at a UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) match on Saturday, May 1 in Newark, New Jersey.

Besides, he will also participate in an interview with 'Fox and Friends' on Sunday.

Donald Trump is excited to get back on the campaign trail for November elections

"We’ll be fighting hard," Trump told Fox News reporter Brooke Singman in an interview soon after he was found guilty of all 34 felony counts in his case, the first in which a former or current president stood trial. The business mogul also made it clear that he was eager to resume his campaign trail appearances. 

The now-convicted felon promised that "we're going to fight" as he spoke to reporters on Friday from the atrium of his Trump Tower in New York City, the location of his first presidential campaign nine years ago.

Trump had been confined to the Lower Manhattan courtroom for six weeks, preventing him from campaigning across the nation except on Wednesdays and weekends when there was no trial.

Donald Trump's campaign reportedly generated 'billions' during his hush money trial

Trump's campaign boasted that the candidate was able to host rallies and fundraisers in addition to generating "billions of dollars" in media coverage during the trial.

The slight advantage the former president has over President Biden in the crucial battleground states that will probably determine the outcome of their rematch has not seemed to be affected by his time on the court, either.

Donald Trump's conviction would not have any effect on any electoral consequences

On the eve of the verdict, a memo authored by the former president's top pollsters contended that a conviction would not have any electoral ramifications. "We are already back to the mission," the Trump campaign told Fox News Digital on Thursday evening. "President Trump won’t let this sham stop the movement of this campaign to save the nation."

Longtime Republican strategist David Carney, a veteran of multiple GOP presidential campaigns who is now steering a pro-Trump super PAC, told Fox News that "the show trial is over and Trump is unleashed to campaign at will again. With the miscarriage of justice out in the open, he will have the wind to his back."

Donald Trump's campaign garnered a staggering $34.8M in fundraising

Trump enjoyed an initial burst of fundraising courtesy of his guilty verdicts. Following the verdict, the former president's campaign revealed on Friday morning that it had raised $34.8 million between 6 pm ET and midnight on Thursday.

On Friday evening, the campaign updated its fundraising total, nearly $53 million over 24 hours.

Donald Trump's campaign's statement after the impressive fund collection

The campaign highlighted in a release that they raked in "a record shattering small dollar fundraising haul" and said it was "nearly double the biggest day ever recorded for the Trump campaign on the WinRed platform." They emphasized that the guilty verdicts "have awakened the MAGA movement like never before."

Trump will make a swing through California at the end of next week to continue his fundraising campaign. On June 6, the former president is slated to travel to San Francisco for a fundraising dinner hosted by tech investors David Sacks and Chamath Palihapitiya, two of the industry's biggest names and co-hosts of the popular podcast 'All-In'.

Sen JD Vance of Ohio, a close Trump ally and possible running mate in 2024, played a key role in organizing the high-dollar fundraising. He worked for tech hedge funds in San Francisco a few years ago.

Trump is set to head south to Beverly Hills for a June 7 fundraiser and a June 8 finance event in Newport Beach in Orange County.

Internet shows solicitude for Donald Trump

Netizens backed Trump and still criticized the unfair trial that he received over the past several weeks. One X user suggested, "His camp needs to put out a tell all book about Hollywood, politicians, and the media. There is nothing left to lose. Would be good information for real Patriots."

Another wrote, "If the trial is over. Why is the gag order still in place. This is outrageous." "You're forgetting that lingering gag order by that Fascist election Rigger judge," reminded one user.

"New York wasn't the place for Trumps trial to be held. How unfair," opined one, and another tweeted, "We can only hope for a fair verdict."

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