Joe Biden continues to increase donations. Meanwhile, Trump is calling on his supporters to support him better financially. More information in the news blog.
The most important things at a glance
The USA will elect a new president in November. The party primaries are currently underway, at the end of which one candidate will be nominated. It is considered likely that the Democrats will become the incumbent Joe Biden and the Republicans put up the former president Donald Trump will be sent into the race. Here you will find an overview of the polls and the US electoral system; you can read all new developments here:
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“Guilty of rape”: Trump sues journalists
12:28 p.m.: Donald Trump is suing the TV station ABC News and the journalist George Stephanopoulos. The moderator mentioned several times during his broadcast on March 1 that Trump had been found guilty of rape in a New York court.
These statements are “deliberately false and defamatory,” Trump’s lawyers write in their complaint. The ex-president, who is running again for the Republicans in the fall, was only found guilty of sexual abuse, not rape, of E. Jean Carroll. You can read more about Trump’s legal problems here.
Biden is increasing donations
5.20 a.m.: US President Joe Biden’s campaign team expanded its fundraising lead in February and plans to run a flood of ads against former President Donald Trump. This is reported by the US broadcaster NBCnews. An official $21 million was added to the campaign account in February, according to the report submitted to the Federal Election Commission late Wednesday.
According to the report, there is a total of $71 million in the till. That left the Biden campaign and the Democratic National Committee with a combined $97.5 million in cash at the end of February, more than double the $44.8 million that the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee had in the bank. These totals do not include the joint fundraising committees of both sides.
Trump team calls for donations because of fines
23 o’clock: In view of the threat of fines of over half a billion dollars, the campaign team of US presidential candidate Donald Trump has asked for one million donations from his supporters. “Leave euros dirty hands from Trump Tower,” said a message to them on Wednesday. It asks for contributions ranging from $20.24 to $3,300. In addition, New York prosecutor Letitia James is accused of wanting to seize Trump’s properties. According to US media reports, this also includes the Trump Tower, one of the ex-president’s prestigious properties and the headquarters of the Trump Organization.
