Trump campaign gets $50m boost from single donor

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Trump campaign gets $50m boost from single donor

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has received $50m (£39.5m) boost from the ************* billionaire Timothy Mellon, a federal filing showed on Thursday.

The Super-Pac fund called “MAGA Inc” disclosed to the Federal Election Commission that it took in more than $68m from donors last month.

Reuters reported that Mr Mellon, an heir of the Pittsburgh-based Mellon banking family, gave $50m. Another $10m came from billionaires Liz and ***** Uihlein.

US media reported that Mr Mellon sent the donation the day after Trump was convicted on 34 charges of falsifying business records in his New York hush-money trial.

Mr Mellon has also been the biggest donor to independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr, giving the pro-Kennedy Super-Pac ********* Values at least $20m.

Super-Pacs are independent “political action committees” that can raise unlimited amounts of money to support an election candidate.

The Mellon donation has helped pro-Trump allies outspend US President Joe Biden’s allies on campaigning in recent weeks.

Mr Mellon, who lives in Wyoming and is rarely photographed, is an ******** pilot who has invested in and led transport-related companies.

Forbes estimates that the Mellon family is worth around $14.1bn.

Meanwhile, Reuters reported that billionaire Mike Bloomberg has given nearly $20m to Biden-supporting Super-Pacs.

Mr Bloomberg’s contribution included $19m to an independent pro-Biden group known as Future Forward or FF PAC.

A further $900,000 was given to the Biden Victory Fund, which is an amalgamation of the Biden campaign and Democratic Party committees.

The Biden campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

On Thursday, the pro-Kennedy Super-Pac reported that it took in only around $280,000 last month, with none of it coming from Mr Mellon.

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