donald trump raise 1.7 million donors loan white house campaign 7.5 million april move close become republican nominee president accord document file u.s. federal election commission fec friday new york businessman loan campaign total 43.5 million end april file show recently make move build fundraise operation eye toward nov. general election trump become republican party presumptive nominee early may rival drop race trump self-funded much primary run say rely heavily money general election face democratic nominee people seek democratic nomination raise trump hillary clinton party front-runner bring 26.4 million april include fund joint fundraise effort democratic party outside super pac support campaign raise 8.6 million super pac fund-raise group must operate separate political campaign raise unlimited sum u.s. senator bernie sanders clinton rival democratic nomination raise 26.9 million april disavow super pacs trump criticize though long-time republican operative may join one super pac back real estate mogul may trump hire investor steven mnuchin national finance chairman enter joint fundraise deal republican national committee allow donors write much big check friday fec file reflect move show trump fundraise dip april bring million loan 11.5 million march also spend less april 9.4 million compare 13.8 million month early state hold nominate contest trump spend 2.6 million advertise april less half 6.3 million spend march comparison sanders spend 17.3 million clinton spend 9.3 million advertise april trump consult payroll spend also drop 30 percent total 1.7 million april even add experience political staff end march hire veteran republican strategist paul manafort trump end april 2.4 million hand start month 2.1 million ready trump loan white house campaign 7.5 million near republican nomination