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Trump claims record-busting $50m haul from single Palm Beach fundraiser featuring ex-president and Melania

Source: AP

The Trump campaign says that it raised $50.5m at a Saturday evening fundraiser in Palm Beach attended by the former president and wife Melania.

The financial boon is nearly double President Joe Biden’s haul of $26m from a New York City event last month.

The Florida soiree was held at the mansion of billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson, who hosted the event with his girlfriend Alina de Almeida.

for about 45 minutes after joining them for pictures, according to a campaign spokesperson, describing those gathered

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