Trump campaign raises $53m after conviction

Donald Trump's campaign has raised nearly $53 million in online small-dollar donations after conviction. 

On Friday, he was convicted in his New York hush money trial, boasting that the verdict had galvanized his support ‘like never before’.

As of Friday evening, the day's total had climbed to a whopping $52.8 million.

Senior campaign aides Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles said in statements that more than a third of the total came from new donors to the campaign and hailed an ‘outpouring of support from patriots across our country.’

Calling the Thursday court decision a ‘sham trial verdict’ the advisors reported that the ‘digital fundraising system was overwhelmed with support’ despite temporary online delays ‘because of the amount of traffic’ from small-dollar donors.

A jury convicted Trump Thursday on all 34 charges of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal in the final stages of the 2016 presidential campaign.