Trump loaned WH campaign $7.5m as he nears Republican **mination
 

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump raised $1.7 million from do**rs and loaned his White House campaign $7.5 million in April as he moved closer to becoming the Republican **minee for president, according to documents filed with the US Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Friday.

The New York businessman had loaned his campaign a total of $43.5 million as of the end of April, the filings showed.

More recently, he has made moves to build up his fundraising operation with an eye toward the **v 8 general election. Trump became the Republican Party’s presumptive **minee in early May, when both of his rivals dropped out of the race.

Trump self-funded much of his primary run, but he has said he will **t rely as heavily on his own money for the general election, when he will face the Democratic **minee.

Both people seeking the Democratic **mination have raised more than Trump.

Hillary Clinton, the party’s front-runner, brought in $26.4 million in April, including funds from a joint fundraising effort with the Democratic Party.

An outside Super PAC supporting her campaign raised $8.6 million.

A Super PAC is a fund-raising group that must operate separate from political campaigns but can raise unlimited sums.

US Senator Bernie Sanders, Clinton’s rival for the Democratic **mination, raised $26.9 million in April.

He has disavowed Super PACs.

Trump has criticised them too, though a long-time Republican operative in May joined one Super PAC backing the real estate mogul.

In May, Trump hired investor Steven Mnuchin as his national finance chairman and entered a joint fundraising deal with the Republican National Committee that will allow do**rs to write much bigger checks.

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