Trump has raised $7.1 million since he went to prison

Since last Thursday, when Donald Trump turned himself in to the authorities of the state of Georgia, the former president has already raised 7.1 million dollars (more than 6.6 million euros), according to Reuters. Only the following day, Friday, the amount raised is around 4.2 million dollars (more than 3.8 million euros), which makes this day the most profitable for his campaign.

The former US president had raised around 20 million dollars (more than 18.5 million euros) in the last three weeks. Namely, the time he was indicted for his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him. The numbers were shared by Trump spokesman Steven Cheung on social media Xformer Twitter.

RIP:

Close to $20 million raised in the last 3 weeks, coinciding with the DC indictment and Atlanta mugshot.

$7.1 million as of Thursday (Atlanta mugshot).

4.18 million dollars only yesterday (Friday), the day with the highest collection of the entire campaign.

Organic money has skyrocketed, especially…

—Steven Cheung (@TheStevenCheung) August 26, 2023

When appearing in the Fulton jail, Donald Trump took the mug shot (“photograph of the detainee”) and it was the former president himself who used his photograph to return to the social network Twitter, where he had not published since January 8, 2021, when the Capitol was invaded.

According to the Politico website, the products created with Trump’s photo that are for sale in his online store have contributed a lot to this fundraiser. TO mug shot It caught on right away and has since been used on T-shirts, posters, stickers, and more that have the phrase “Never Give Up!” (“Never give up!”) and are priced between 12 and 34 dollars (that is, between 11 and 31 euros).

Twenty minutes later, the now prisoner P011350809 arrived, took a picture, paid the bail and left. Trump turned himself in to Georgia authorities