President Joe Biden may have taken in a pretty penny with his March 28 fundraiser in New York featuring former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, but former President Donald Trump nearly doubled that up Saturday with an impressive $50 million haul in Palm Beach at the home of hedge fund billionaire John Paulson.
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As Brittany Sheehan reported ahead of Saturday’s gala:
The gathering is expected to host about 100 guests, in what hedge fund manager and host Paulson says is a show of “overwhelming” donor support.
In a statement, Paulson said,
The response to our fundraising efforts has been overwhelming, and we’ve raised over $43 million so far. There is massive support amongst a broad spectrum of donors.
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