Nobody is raising cash to pay Trump’s appeal bond. It’s an RNC fundraising campaign.
Trump’s daughter in law is the co-chair of the RNC. He handpicked the chairman.
It is also true that the RNC will help pay Trump’s legal fees. So these donations would help Trump, but not on the civil fraud trial.
Again, who's now in charge of the RNC?
And oh yeah from the article you just dismissed...
Earlier this month, Trump's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, and his ally Michael Whatley were elected as co-chair and chair of the RNC. Lara Trump vowed the RNC would spend money paying for Trump's legal fees.