Home Depot Co-Founder to Support Trump in 2024 Despite Potential Conviction
Bernie Marcus, a major Republican donor, pledges support but not major financial backing for Trump's potential presidential bid.
- Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus has stated he would likely still donate to Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign even if Trump is convicted in one of his four ongoing criminal cases.
- Marcus, who supported Trump in the 2016 and 2020 elections, does not plan to be one of the former president's biggest financial backers.
- Trump is currently facing four criminal cases, including state and federal charges related to his attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden.
- Despite his support for Trump, Marcus has also expressed admiration for other Republican presidential candidates, including Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis.
- Marcus and his wife were the seventh-largest individual Republican donors in the 2020 election cycle, donating nearly $25 million to Republican campaigns.