Former US President Donald Trump speaks to the media at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport after surrendering at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia, August 24, 2023.
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for Former President Donald Trumpthe picture is worth more than $7 million.
The Trump campaign said it had raised $7.1 million since Thursday while Trump was in office. Arrested in Fulton County Jail, Georgia on charges that he planned illegally Overturn the 2020 State Elections He became the first ex-president in US history. took a mugshot.
Spokesman Steven Zhang said the campaign brought in $4.18 million on Friday alone, making it its highest-grossing to date.
The record highlights how Trump’s legal troubles have been as much a fundraising boon for the Trump campaign as his political activism. spent tens of millions about his defense. Rising legal charges haven’t dented Mr Trump’s place in the Republican presidential primary, where the former president now routinely leads his rivals by 30 to 50 points in polls. .
Trump described his appearance on Thursday as a “terrible experience” and said he “didn’t feel comfortable” posing for historic mugshots, but his campaign quickly turned to its fundraising powers. grabbed the
Even before he returned to New Jersey, his campaign was using it to fundraise for supporters. Mr Trump said his own “Truth Social” site and Return to Site X, formerly known as Twittershared an image for the first time in two and a half years and directed supporters to the fundraising page.
Within hours, the campaign also released a new line of merchandise featuring the image, starting with t-shirts, beer koozies, bumper stickers, autographed posters, bumper stickers and mugshot mugs.
Chan said there was a spike in donations from people who bought items or donated without prompting, especially after Trump’s tweet.
The new donations have raised nearly $20 million in campaign funding in the past three weeks, he said. President Trump in early August indicted in Washington for a felony associated with his efforts to overturn the results Preparing for the 2020 Election Riot By his supporters at the US Capitol.
At the same time, President Trump’s political maneuvering spent tens of millions of dollars About Attorneys Fighting Lawsuits 4 separate jurisdictions. According to recent campaign funding filings, Trump raised more than $53 million in the first half of 2023 (when Trump’s fundraising surged as the first two criminal charges screamed), but his It turned out that the Political Commission paid at least $59.2. Since January 2021, over 100 attorneys and law firms have provided his million services.
