Aug 27, 2023 at 10:00 AM Update: 21 minutes ago
The historic mug shot that Donald Trump had to have taken in Georgia this week is worth gold, according to his campaign team. For example, his supporters would have donated more than 7 million dollars (6.5 million euros). American media.
The former president had to have the photo taken for the police file in a prison in the US state of Georgia. Trump is suspected of trying to reverse the result of the 2020 presidential election in that state.
In prison, Trump also paid a bail of about 185,000 euros to await the trial in freedom. That bail has long since been earned back, according to his campaign team. Trump broke up X (formerly Twitter) immediately his mugshot and a link for donations.
With that, his team would have received $4.18 million in donations within 24 hours. That reports the American Politico, which requested the figures from Trump’s team. In the meantime, more than 7 million dollars would have been donated.
In addition to donations, Trump also tries to make money by selling stuff: from coffee mugs and bumper stickers to posters and T-shirts. On his campaign site, supporters can purchase numerous products featuring Trump’s mugshot. The photo is captioned: “Never surrender.”
Supporters of Trump can buy a lot of stuff with his mugshot on his campaign site. Photo: Campaign site Donald Trump
Trump refused to accept that he had lost
It is the first time in American history that a former president had to pose as a suspect for such a mugshot. Trump called the prison events “a travesty of justice” and said he did nothing wrong. “A sad day for the US,” Trump said.
The Republican former president is not alone on trial. He and 18 others face charges in Georgia in the wake of the 2020 presidential election.
“Trump and the other defendants facing charges in this case refused to accept that he had lost,” prosecutors say. “They knowingly participated in a conspiracy to unlawfully alter the election results.”
The key evidence in the case is a phone call between Trump and Brad Raffensperger, a Georgia election official. In that conversation, the incumbent president asked Raffensperger to “find” votes for him. That conversation also plays an important role in another federal criminal case against Trump.
2023-08-27 09:06:33
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