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Biden Sees Fundraising Improvement After Rough Summer

Associated Press

   WASHINGTON - Joe Biden took in more than $15 million for his White
   House run over the past two months, a sum that shows the former vice
   president's fundraising operation has rebounded slightly after a
   lackluster summer in which he trailed his leading rivals.

   Biden's campaign would not say exactly how much he has raised since the
   end of September. But with roughly one month left before the next
   reporting deadline, campaign manager Greg Schultz said in a memo
   provided to The Associated Press that Biden has already surpassed the
   $15.6 million he raised across July, August and September.

   The improvement comes at a costly juncture in the Democratic primary,
   as candidates sprint to get their message out and mobilize supporters
   ahead of the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses in February.

   Schultz said online fundraising helped fuel the increase, which he
   attributed to discredited attacks that President Donald Trump has made
   against Biden and his son over their past dealings in Ukraine.

   Trump has sought to implicate Biden and his son Hunter in the kind of
   corruption that has long plagued Ukraine. Hunter Biden served on the
   board of a Ukrainian gas company at the same time his father was
   leading U.S. diplomatic dealings with Kyiv under President Barack
   Obama. Although the timing raised concerns among anti-corruption
   advocates, there has been no evidence of wrongdoing by either the
   former vice president or his son.

   "His campaign and special interest groups have spent millions of
   dollars airing ads to spread those same lies," Schultz wrote. "This
   groundswell of support shows us -- and Trump, and reporters, and anyone
   else watching -- that his whole scheme is backfiring."

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