Trump forced to bail on big GOP fundraiser amid hush money trial: report

Former President Donald Trump will have to miss a major Republican fundraiser because of his New York City hush money trial, according to a new report.

Trump received an invitation to headline the Majority Gala, the National Republican Campaign Committee’s biggest fundraiser this season, on April 23, according to the Daily Beast.

Three sources told the Daily Beast said GOP bigwigs hoped Trump would headline the Dallas event for House Republicans, but he was unable to appear because he has been ordered to appear in Manhattan criminal court that day.

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Rep. Tim Scott (R-SC) will headline the gala, which will charge $50,000 for a “photo opportunity” with him, according to the invitation.

"The fact that Trump was forced to decline the fundraiser appearance—which is the kind of obligation party leaders routinely fulfill—represents the latest example of how his criminal trial is upending his campaign schedule and political life," the Daily Beast reports.

"With Trump in court Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, with only Wednesday and weekends off, normal campaigning will be extremely difficult for him until the trial concludes."

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Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt echoed this sentiment in a statement to the Daily Beast, saying, “Joe Biden and the Democrats’ entire strategy to defeat President Trump is to confine him to a court room.”