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Trump Gets Game-Changing News Following Verdict In Hush Money Trial

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Donald Trump became the first former U.S. president to be convicted of a felony on Thursday, but the news wasn’t all bad for him.

Legal analysts’ pre- and post-trial analyses noted that Judge Juan Merchan most likely violated Trump’s constitutional rights in the way he presided over the trial. In contrast, others claimed that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg created the laws that led to the former president’s conviction. Still, others noted that Trump was also convicted of federal campaign finance violations, which state and local DAs have no authority to prosecute.

But beyond the legal opinions—Trump’s lawyers are expected to immediately appeal his conviction—the former president managed a fundraising bonanza in the hours after the trial, with a campaign website crashing moments after the guilty verdict on all 34 counts was read.

WinRed, the payment processor for Republican campaign donations, crashed after his felony conviction, with his campaign attributing the crash to the high number of people trying to donate in the immediate aftermath of the verdict, The New York Times reported.

“So many Americans were moved to donate to President Trump’s campaign that the WinRed pages went down,” the Trump campaign said in a statement on social media.

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The website no longer displays an error message when visiting the donation page for Trump’s campaign. However, it is unclear if the website is functioning properly and processing donations. The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment, The Times reported.

While the Times report did not mention it, President Joe Biden’s campaign also quickly attempted to cash in on the guilty verdict. Fox News reported.

“Despite a jury finding Donald Trump guilty today, there is still only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: At the ballot box,” the Biden campaign wrote in a fundraising text to supporters.

It further urged that “if you have been waiting for the perfect time to make your first donation to Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, we’re here to tell you today is the day.”

After WinRed went down, Trump’s campaign website also directed donors to Anedot, another fundraising platform used by various GOP campaigns.

Trump campaign spokesman Brian Hughes told Fox News, “From just minutes after the verdict, the digital fundraising system has been hit with record numbers of supporters. The traffic is so large that it is causing intermittent delays. The campaign is grateful for this massive outpouring of support because it shows that Americans have seen this sham trial as the political election interference that Biden and Democrats have always intended.”

Fox added:

Minutes after the verdict was read in the first trial of a former or current president in the nation’s history, Trump’s team put out a fundraising appeal to supporters.

“Friend: Is this the end of America?,” Trump argued in the email. “I was just convicted in a RIGGED political Witch Hunt trial.

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“My end-of-month fundraising deadline is just DAYS AWAY!” Trump emphasized in the email, which included a photo of the former president labeling him a “political prisoner.”

Immediately after his conviction, Trump indicated that his focus was returning to defeating Biden in the fall. “We’ll be fighting hard,” he told Fox News’ Brooke Singman, adding he was excited and ready to get back on the campaign trail.

“We are already back to the mission,” a Trump campaign spokesperson told the outlet. “President Trump won’t let this sham stop the movement of this campaign to save the nation.”

On his Truth Social platform, Trump also sounded a defiant tone, writing in all caps: “This was a disgrace — a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who is corrupt. We will fight for our Constitution — this is long from over!”

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