Donald Trump must have been none too pleased when he was convicted in a Manhattan courtroom in late May on 34 politically motivated counts of business fraud, but he got some good news the following day when billionaire Timothy Mellon donated $50 million to the pro-Trump super PAC Make America Great Again Inc. (Note: Some outlets are reporting that it was the same day as the conviction, but the majority claim that it was the day after.)
Mellon’s millions, revealed in recent election filings, helped Trump outraise Biden for the month of May, making it two months in a row that the former president has bested the incumbent. As RedState’s Nick Arama reported, that puts Trump firmly in the lead in the overall fundraising race.
The massive contribution is a big reason why:
Mellon’s donation is now the largest individual contribution of the 2024 election season and the conservative…
