Donald Trump’s presidential campaign received a single donation of $50 million (£39.5 million) from a conservative billionaire a day after he was convicted in his hush money trial.
Timothy Mellon – an heir to the Mellon banking family from Pittsburgh, who Forbes estimates to be worth about $14.5 billion – made what is believed to be one of the largest donations to a campaign in American history.
His contribution to the super PAC known as ‘MAGA Inc’ was part of $68 million worth of donations to the organisation last month.
It came a day after Mr Trump was found guilty on 34 charges of falsifying business records in his New York hush-money trial, and the donation helped Mr Trump outraise President Joe Biden by more than $60 million last month.
Another $10 million came from billionaires Liz and Dick Uihlein, who founded the Uline shipping and packaging company.
Mr Mellon, who lives in Wyoming and is rarely seen in public, has also been the biggest donor to independent Robert F Kennedy Jnr, giving one of his super PACs at least $20 million.