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Trump’s Crimes Pay Off as Campaign Donations Roll In

A moment of ignominy became an opportunity. Plus: the rise of Sam Altman.

Donald Trump at a rally in New York on May 23.
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By Joshua Green

June 6, 2024 at 4:50 PM UTC

The news alerts about Donald Trump’s conviction on May 30 were closely followed by fundraising emails from his presidential campaign and its supporters. Joshua Green writes about the success of those appeals. Plus: an introduction to the new Foundering podcast on the OpenAI story. If this email was forwarded to you, click here to sign up.

Last week was rough for Donald Trump, after a Manhattan jury convicted him of 34 felony counts stemming from hush-money payments to adult-film star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign.