Timothy Mellon cut a $50 million check, and the Uihleins contributed $10 million to a super PAC helping former President Donald Trump.
One pair of conservative megadonors and one massive check made May a memorable fundraising month for former President Donald Trump.
On June 20, three committees attached to the former chief executive filed monthly reports with the Federal Election Commission. Those filings showed the three committees collectively received more than $144.2 million in donations during May.
According to a June announcement from the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee, the strong fundraising came on the heels of the conviction of former President Trump on multiple felony counts in a New York court on May 30.
Within 24 hours of that decision, the campaign, its allies, and Republican bodies such as the RNC, National Republican Senatorial Committee, and National Republican Congressional Committee took in millions.
Megadonors Show Up for TrumpNearly half of the Trump campaign’s May fundraising came from four Republican megadonors.
The largest contribution, accounting for more than a third of the May haul, came from Timothy Mellon, an heir to the Mellon family fortune, who gave $50 million to the super PAC Make America Great Again Inc.
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