After releasing fundraising reports that were anemic at best, Donald Trump’s campaign announced in one single email blast he had raised at least $3.3 million. If that figure seems impossible, that’s because it is.
If it only took one email for Donald Trump to raise more than $3.3 million, just think of the possibilities for the future of his campaign.
Of course, the operative word here is "if"—as in, if Team Trump's boast about raising so much, so quickly were true.
Trump’s aides scrambled to right the ship, arguing within two days of the public disclosures that the businessman had received a miraculous infusion of donations to his campaign.
“We just started our online campaign. Online mailing [Tuesday] did over $3 million. Donald, in an unprecedented move, agreed to match the first $2 million personally that came in. So we did over $5 million online yesterday, and we’re just starting the effort,” national finance chairman Steve Mnuchin said in an interview with the Fox Business Network.
Meanwhile, Trump spokesperson Hope Hicks told
Advertising Age that the Trump campaign raised “$3.3 million on Tuesday and $3.4 million” on Thursday.
If those figures sound fantastical, it’s because they’re likely to be bogus.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/06/27/experts-donald-trump-is-lying-about-his-fundraising-haul.html
