Trump and Biden campaigns go head-to-head with rival fundraisers in London

• Supporters of U.S. presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden will be putting their money where their mouths are at two rival fundraising events hosted in London on Wednesday.
• Donald Trump Jr. and Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage are among those set to attend a Republican event organized by former Australian soap star turned right-wing political activist Holly Valance.
• Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of U.S. Vogue, meanwhile, will host a dinner organized by the Democratic campaign.

LONDON — Supporters of U.S. presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden will be putting their money where their mouths are at two rival fundraising events hosted in London on Wednesday.

Donald Trump Jr. and his fiancée, former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle, as well as Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage, are among those set to attend a Republican cocktail night organized by former Australian soap star turned right-wing political activist Holly Valance and her husband, British property tycoon Nick Candy. 

"It seems to be the worst kept secret in London," Greg Swenson, spokesperson for Republicans Overseas UK, a campaign group for Trump's party, told CNBC over the phone.

Swenson concurred with reports that the fundraiser has already amassed $2 million in donations, adding that the guilty verdict in Trump's hush money trial had further galvanized supporters.

"The enthusiasm definitely jumped after the verdict two weeks ago. It seems like the people who were prone to donate are donating more," he said, adding the uptick was from both large and small donors.

Indeed, in the days after a Manhattan jury convicted the former president of 34 felony counts last month, the Trump campaign said it raised $141 million in donations.

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