Trump blasted after his fundraising site calls him 'political prisoner' amid hush money trial conviction

WASHINGTON, DC: Former President Donald Trump's funding platform on WinRed crashed soon after the 12-panel New York jury found him guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments, reported the New York Post. The website was back up after half an hour with a page describing the convicted Republican presumptive nominee as a "POLITICAL PRISONER."

Trump's fundraising page displayed the following message after the guilty verdict, "I'M A POLITICAL PRISONER! I was just convicted in a RIGGED political Witch Hunt trial: I DID NOTHING WRONG!" "So many Americans were moved to donate to President Trump's campaign that the WinRed pages went down," the Trump campaign wrote on X (formerly Twitter) less than an hour after the conviction.

The 45th president's adviser, Chris LaCivita, said the Republican Party's official donation platform crashed because of "millions of American Patriots wanting to donate to Donald Trump's campaign."

Trump urges supporters to chip in at his 'dark hour'

Trump, who often makes use of his legal cases as a campaign platform, urged his supporters to donate more soon after he became the first former president to face a criminal conviction.

The real estate mogul's message on the WinRed page claimed President Joe Biden was behind his conviction and the Democrat should get the message that his second term chances ended on the day of the verdict.

Trump pleaded with his supporters to immediately push back against the Democratic opponent through donations before the May window closed.

He asked for ten million pro-Trump patriots to donate to the presidential campaign and declare, "I STAND WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP!"

"At this dark hour, I'm humbly asking for you to PLEASE stand with me now," the message continued.

The verdict against Trump indeed positively reflected on his campaign funding, with someone donating a whopping $800K.

Former Long Island congressman and Trump supporter Lee Zeldin wrote on X, "Just secured an $800k donation from someone for President Trump's Joint Fundraising Committee," adding he "Never experienced a massive ask that easy."

The trial sentence is set for July 11, a week before the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where Trump will be formally declared the 2024 presidential nominee.

Internet slams Trump for fundraising using his guilty verdict

Netizens criticized Trump for grifting donations based on the conviction in the hush money trial.

A user wrote, "Even after being found guilty on 34 felonies he still has the nerve to weasel money from his cult. Let the sympathy grift begin. SUCKERS."

Another enraged user asked, "He’s has gotta pay off more porn stars?"

"There’s nothing political about this. He committed crimes; He’s now being made accountable. Case closed," added a third one.

Meanwhile, a fourth response read, "Why would I give money to a billionaire?"

Another person argued, "A convicted felon cannot work in a financial institution. How can he be trusted to run a county, if federal regulations will not allow him to handle other people's finances?"

"'34' Felon. There’s no getting away from that ! And there are still three other felony cases pending . Prison may be his next stop," someone else chimed in.

An individual said, "Grifters gonna grift." And another user added, "The maga tears are flowing."

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