Donald Trump, at long last, has revealed how much money has been donated to veterans’ charities after the Republican candidate’s January fundraiser. At a Tuesday press conference in Trump Tower, Trump stated that nearly $5.6 million in checks have been sent to at least 40 different charities. The donations ranged from $25,000 to $1,100,000 gifted to the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation, including $1 million from the New York businessman himself.
At the press conference, Trump listed off each individual charity and how much it had received from the January 28 event, which Trump held after declining to attend a Fox News debate in Iowa the same evening. The Trump Foundation and Trump himself had initially claimed to have raised more than $6 million, but a campaign spokesman recently told the Washington Post the number was smaller at $4.5 million. The spokesman, campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, told the Post some of the donors had “backed out.”
