Trump files financial disclosures showing millions earned from speaking engagements and NFTs

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Of Victor Nava

April 15, 2023 | 12:43 p.m

Former President Donald Trump filed his personal financial disclosure with the Federal Election Commission on Friday, showing millions earned from speaking engagements and selling digital trading cards.

In the 101-page filing, required of candidates running for president, Trump, 76, reports income of more than $5 million from speaking engagements and income between $100,001 and $1 million from CIC Digital, the company behind the sale of non-fungible tokens , or NFTs, with digital images of the former Commander-in-Chief.

The digital trading cards, which show Trump in a variety of heroic poses and wearing outfits such as a space suit, race car suit and fighter pilot jump suit, sold out last December and went for $99 each.

The filing lists income from each of the hundreds of properties owned by Trump, including his Mar-Lago club, where he reports more than $5 million in resort-related income.

Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., the company behind the former president’s preferred social media platform Truth Social, is valued between $5 million and $25 million at the time of the disclosure, but Trump reports that he earns less than $201 in revenue from the group he fronts. chairman of the board.

Trump’s 1987 memoir “The Art of the Deal” brought in between $100,000 and $1 million for the former commander-in-chief, according to the disclosure, but none of the other 15 books listed in the filing earned more than $201.

The former president also lists seven different mortgage obligations, each over $50 million, and eight on which he owes between $5 million and $25 million.

No gifts or travel reimbursements are listed on the disclosure.

Overall, the documents suggest Trump’s business holdings are valued at roughly $1.2 billion, according to Bloomberg News.

Trump provided the disclosure — which must be filed by candidates within 30 days of announcing their candidacy — only after seeking and securing two 45-day extensions.

Trump’s legal team sought an additional 30-day extension that was denied by FEC Acting General Counsel Lisa Stevenson, according to CNN.

Trump faces a $200 fine if the disclosure was filed more than 30 days after March. 15.