The Trump campaign said Friday that it was distributing $6.6 million that others donated to a GoFundMe account it set up for victims of the July 13 assassination attempt on the former president in Butler, Pennsylvania.
“I can confirm that the majority of distributions have occurred or are imminent,” Brian Hughes, a spokesperson for the Trump campaign, said in a text message to The New York Times on Friday.
The GoFundMe account, organized by the Trump campaign’s national finance director, received 70,300 donations. It far exceeded its original goal of $1 million. The Trump campaign did not receive the donated funds directly, but rather identified the recipients and oversaw the distribution of money from the GoFundMe account.
The Trump campaign has said the money will not be used for the presidential campaign, and GoFundMe rules do not allow it.
— The New York Times