The Trump campaign announced that its website crashed due to a surge of donations following his conviction on 34 felony counts in the hush money trial.
Donald Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts after a brief deliberation on Thursday, May 30. He is set for sentencing on July 11.
The ‘Team Trump’ campaign account officially announced their site was down on Thursday evening.
‘The American people see through Crooked Joe Biden’s rigged show trial,’ they wrote.
‘So many Americans were moved to donate to President Trump’s campaign that the WinRed pages went down.’
A spokesperson for the campaign stated: ‘Our fundraising link is getting so much traffic it’s having intermittent delays. This outpouring is massive and reflective of what we’ve said all along: the American people see this sham for what it is, and they’re ready to support Pres Trump in his fight to save our nation.’
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The site returned to normal shortly after.
Trump emerged from the courtroom visibly perturbed after the jury found him guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records.
‘This was a rigged, disgraceful trial,’ he lamented to the awaiting press.
The ex-president declared that ‘the real verdict is going to be November 5 by the people.’
‘Everyone knows what happened here…this is a Soros-backed DA.’
‘We didn’t do a thing wrong. I’m a very innocent man.’
‘That’s okay, I’m fighting for our country, I’m fighting for our Constitution. This was done by the Biden administration in order to hurt a political opponent.’
‘I think it’s just a disgrace. And we’ll keep fighting and fight till the end and we’ll win because our country’s gone to hell.’
Prosecutors had a high bar to meet to convince the 12-person New York jury that Trump conspired to aid his 2016 election campaign by paying porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to remain silent about their alleged sexual encounters.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg concluded the evidence and witness testimony they believed was sufficient to convict Trump on 34 felony counts of ‘falsifying business records.’
Trump’s team presented a robust defense, distancing him from Cohen’s payments to Stormy Daniels.
They emphasized that hush money payments are not illegal and that Trump wanted to spare his family the humiliation from Stormy’s claims.
This case marks the first time a former U.S. President has faced a criminal trial.
