Since the former president’s mugshot was taken at the Fulton County jail in Georgia after turning himself in for the Georgia election subversion case, the Trump 2024 presidential campaign has raised USD 7.1 million, according to CNN.
Over the last three weeks, Trump’s campaign raised around USD 20 million, following his indictment and arraignment in Washington related to the federal January 6 case and then his surrender and processing at the Fulton County jail in Georgia.
The source further revealed that the campaign had raised USD 4.18 million after his arrest in Georgia. It is the highest-grossing day of the entire campaign, as per CNN.
Politico was the first news source to report the fundraising numbers. The first mug shot of a former US president was used on merchandise that Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign began selling after his arrest, according to The Washington Post. Trump has made an effort to appear “unfazed and unbowed” in the mug shot despite being charged four times since March, according to the New York Times. In an interview with Fox News, he said, “It is not a comfortable feeling, especially when you have done nothing wrong.”
The Washington Post claims that Trump has managed to capitalize on his mug shot. About 90 minutes after Trump was released from an Atlanta jail on Thursday, the merchandise, which included T-shirts, mugs, koozies, and bumper stickers of his mug shot, was available for purchase. The merchandise, which includes shirts for USD 34, is labeled “NEVER SURRENDER!” According to CNN, Trump’s legal issues have gotten worse in recent weeks as a result of two indictments brought by prosecutors in connection with his attempts to invalidate the results of the 2020 election.