Trump and R.N.C. Announce $141 Million Haul in May

Former President Donald J. Trump and the Republican National Committee collected a combined $141 million in May, campaign officials said on Monday, an enormous haul fueled in part by his criminal conviction last week.

That sum should help Mr. Trump continue his quest to close his yawning financial gap with President Biden and his own allied groups. Mr. Biden has yet to announce May fund-raising numbers, but based on Monday’s figures, he is likely to be outraised for the second month in a row. The $141 million figure matches what Mr. Biden and the Democratic Party raised in March and April combined.

The figures announced by Mr. Trump’s campaign, which cannot be verified until federal filings are released publicly this month, represent, by far, his strongest single month of fund-raising in 2024.

The fund-raising was powered by what Lara Trump, the Republican National Committee co-chairwoman and the former president’s daughter-in-law, said on Sunday was $70 million raised by Mr. Trump and the R.N.C. in the 48 hours after Mr. Trump’s conviction.

The reported $141 million total consists of so-called hard dollars, which can be spent directly by aides at the Trump campaign and the R.N.C. The Trump campaign also said that even more cash, $150 million, had been secured last month by some unidentified “organizations supporting President Trump,” presumably a few of the outside groups that have backed his bid so far. These outside groups cannot coordinate spending with the campaign itself and have to pay more for units of advertising, and so the money they raise is generally seen as less efficient dollars.

The main super PAC backing Mr. Trump, MAGA Inc., declined a request for more specific information on its monthly fund-raising.