Supporters Launch GoFundMe Campaign to Raise $355 Million Fine for Trump’s Civil Fraud Trial

Donald Trump Civil Fraud Trial: Supporters of former president Donald Trump have established a GoFundMe campaign intending to raise $355 million for the Donald Trump Civil Fraud Trial in New York.

Trump and his businesses were ordered by New York State Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron on Friday to pay the state $354,868,768—plus interest, which increases the fine to $450 million—after the court determined that the former president was responsible for deceitfully inflating the worth of assets on financial statements.

After the decision, Trump attacked New York Attorney General Letitia James, who brought the action in 2022, as “totally corrupt” and called Engoron “crooked.” He promised to seek an appeal, claiming that the ruling amounted to “election interference.”

A short while later, Grant Cardone’s wife and real estate investor Elena Cardone stated on X, the former Twitter, that she had created a GoFundMe page to help pay for it. As of September, Trump’s net worth was estimated by Forbes to be around $2.6 billion.

About five hours after it was established, the page headlined “Stand with Trump; Fund the $355M Unjust Judgment” had raised more than $18,000 of the $355 million. Over 400 contributors made contributions ranging from $5 to $1,500.

Newsweek emailed GoFundMe and Trump’s staff on Friday evening for comment.

The fundraiser’s stated goal, according to Cardone, who calls herself “an ardent supporter of American values and an advocate for justice,” is to provide “patriots” who “stand with Trump” a chance to “show our collective strength and resolve.”

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Written by Aila Slisco. Former President Donald Trump’s supporters have set up a GoFundMe page to raise the $355 million that the billionaire was fined after his civil fraud trial in New York.

Trump and his businesses were ordered by New York State Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron on Friday to pay the state $354,868,768—plus interest, which increases the fine to $450 million—after the court determined that the former president was responsible for deceitfully inflating the worth of assets on financial statements.

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After the decision, Trump attacked New York Attorney General Letitia James, who brought the action in 2022, as “totally corrupt” and called Engoron “crooked.” He promised to seek an appeal, claiming that the ruling amounted to “election interference.”.

A short while later, Grant Cardone’s wife and real estate investor Elena Cardone stated on X, the former Twitter, that she had created a GoFundMe page to help pay for it. As of September, Trump’s net worth was estimated by Forbes to be around $2.6 billion.

 On February 15, 2024, an inset photo shows former president Donald Trump outside Trump Tower in New York City, with a person carrying a “please donate” sign.

About five hours after it was established, the page headlined “Stand with Trump; Fund the $355M Unjust Judgment” had raised more than $18,000 of the $355 million. Over 400 contributors made contributions ranging from $5 to $1,500.

The fundraiser’s stated goal, according to Cardone, who calls herself “an ardent supporter of American values and an advocate for justice,” is to provide “patriots” who “stand with Trump” a chance to “show our collective strength and resolve.”

Donors will be “standing together against unjust rulings like this where biased judges [sic] & corrupt legal system is out of control,” according to Grant Cardone’s post on X.

In response to Cardone, conspiracy theorist and far-right Trump supporter Laura Loomer said that GiveSendGo, a self-described “Christian crowdfunding” website, ought to have hosted the event.

In response to the page, a large number of people on X made fun of it and the donors while wondering why a billionaire would require crowdfunding assistance to pay the fee.