BEDMINSTER, NJ – Former U.S. President Donald J. Trump is turning dirty politics by Democrats into profit for his own political campaign.
Former President Donald Trump raised nearly $20 million in the past three weeks, a timeframe that aligns with his recent federal and state indictments related to his claims about the 2020 election, according to Trump’s campaign spokesman Steven Cheung. Since taking his mug shot for a racketeering and fraud case in Atlanta, Georgia, Trump has raised $7.1 million. On Friday alone, his campaign collected $4.18 million, marking the highest-grossing day so far.
The mug shot, released by a Georgia courthouse, has been transformed into various merchandise items such as T-shirts, shot glasses, and bobblehead dolls. The photo was taken when Trump was arrested on multiple felony charges connected to his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Trump, who lost to Joe Biden in the 2020 election, is seeking the Republican Party’s nomination for president once again. He faces four indictments, two of which are related to his claims about the 2020 election and the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
On August 15, a Georgia grand jury indicted Trump following an investigation by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis into his activities in the state relating to the 2020 election. On August 3, he pleaded not guilty to federal charges, brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith, alleging that he conspired to defraud the United States.
Additionally, Trump has pleaded not guilty to charges of unlawfully retaining classified documents after leaving office and to falsifying business records in a New York case involving hush money payments to [censored] star Stormy Daniels prior to the 2016 election. Trump has denied all charges.