Donald Trump raised nearly $240 million for his inauguration -- more than double the previous record, new filings show

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65% : Donald Trump raised nearly $240 million for his inauguration -- more than double the previous record, new filings show Fredreka Schouten, David Wright and Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN April 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM President Donald Trump's inaugural committee collected a staggering $239 million for the festivities surrounding his swearing-in this year -- with some of the nation's wealthiest people and biggest companies writing large checks as they sought to ingratiate themselves with the Republican ahead of his return to the White House.
64% : Steve Kerrigan, who oversaw both of President Barack Obama's inaugural committees and helped produced Biden's 2021 event, told CNN the kind of money Trump has raised far exceeds what's needed to underwrite inaugural events.
53% : "It's not actually a good thing to see that number go up," Max Stier, the president and CEO of the nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service, said of the increasingly eye-popping sums associated with inaugurations.
17% : For instance, the terms of a defamation settlement that Trump reached late last year with ABC News directed $15 million to a "presidential foundation and museum.

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