Trump KEEPS surging in polls before his arraignment: Ex-President sees huge gains in Massachusetts and New Hampshire off the back of $8 million fundraising haul as he prepares to hand himself in

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Donald Trump is only getting more popular among Republican voters nationwide in the wake of his indictment as the former president prepares to turn himself in to be arraigned by the Manhattan District Attorney on Tuesday.

National polls, as well as state surveys in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, show voters are still supporting Trump's third run for president despite being charged in the investigation into his hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.

Meanwhile, Trump's 2024 campaign saw a huge $8 million fundraising haul in the four days following the indictment.

This didn't stop the former president from continuing to fundraise until the last moments before being arraigned on Tuesday with a campaign email labeled as: 'My last email before my arrest.' 

Donald Trump is surging in the polls after his indictment and ahead of his arraignment. The former president arrived at Trump Tower in New York Monday

A New Hampshire poll shows Trump with a 24% lead as his poll numbers among Republican voters only increases with the Manhattan District Attorney's charges against him

A Massachusetts survey conducted after a Manhattan grand jury indicted the ex-president on Thursday shows Trump with a 24-point lead against runner-up Ron DeSantis, according to a Boston Herald/Opinion Diagnostics poll.

In the key early primary state of New Hampshire, a St. Anselm College poll of GOP voters has Trump with 42 percent of the vote if the primary election were held today compared to Florida Gov. DeSantis' 29 percent.

Unsurprisingly, of the 603 Republican primary voters polled in the Granite State, 14 percent said they would vote for their sitting Gov. Chris Sununu in the nominating contest.

No other candidates included in the poll, whether announced or not, was able to earn double-digit support from their voting bloc in New Hampshire.

Trump earned 45 percent of the hypothetical Republican vote in Massachusetts compared to DeSantis' 21 percent support, even though the popular Florida governor has not yet announced his bid for the White House.

Fellow presidential hopeful Nikki Haley failed to earn double-digits, earning 9 percent support and former Vice President Mike Pence, who has also not yet officially launched a 2024 campaign, garnered only 3 percent of the vote. 

The results in Massachusetts further speculation that the spoiler candidates and the 'never-Trump block' could end up benefiting the former president's changes of clinching the nomination if they don't rally behind one single candidate. 

A separate poll in Massachusetts also has Trump in double-digit lead over the runner-up, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has not yet announced a bid for prseident

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg arrived at court on Tuesday to arraign former President Trump. He will hold a press conference after the arraignment

When Trump was put head-to-head with DeSantis in Massachusetts, his lead fell by 10 points to just 14 percent over the Florida governor.

Turning to national polls, a Reuters survey released Monday afternoon put Trump with a 29 percent lead, a 4 percent jump from last month before the indictment was levied.

DeSantis, however, saw a huge wane in support in that poll, going from 30 percent in March to just 19 percent post-indictment.

Trump's campaign boasted of the surging poll figures in an email blast Tuesday morning – right before the ex-president will be formally charged in Manhattan courts. The same message called Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's indictment as 'bogus.'

After the arraignment, Trump will go back to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida and deliver remarks from his golf club at 8:15 p.m. Bragg will also hold a press conference following the formal charges being levied against the former president and current presidential candidate.

A pro-Trump protester stands outside the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on Tuesday, April 4 in anticipation of the former president appearing before a judge to be formally charged

Pro- and anti-Trump protesters were divided by barriers at a park across the street from the Manhattan Criminal Courts on Tuesday

Fundraising for Trump's 2024 campaign jumped by more than $8 million in the days following the announcement of his indictment, his senior adviser announced.

Jason Miller, a member of Trump's entourage masterminding the campaign, tweeted Monday evening that his boss raised $7 million across Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

He later claimed in the early hours of Tuesday morning that another $1.1 million was raised on Monday.

The four days mark the most lucrative stretch of fundraising for the former president since he left office, and came just hours before he appears in a Manhattan country courtroom to be arraigned on charges stemming from 2016 $130,000 hush money payments to Daniels.