Trump Campaign Sends Appeal for Donations After Guilty Verdict
- Verdict makes Trump first former president convicted of felony
- Trump has used legal woes to raise millions of dollars online
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Donald Trump is seeking to spin his criminal conviction into gold with an appeal to donors to contribute money to his newly embattled presidential campaign.
The appeal, which refers to Trump as a “political prisoner,” was posted online just minutes after a jury found him guilty on all 34 counts in a case dealing with the mishandling of business records to cover up hush-money payments to an adult film actress.