2023-08-27 08:11:00
(CNN) — Donald Trump’s campaign says it has raised $7.1 million since the former president was arraigned in an Atlanta jail Thursday in the Georgia election interference case.
Trump’s fundraising total for the past three weeks, following his indictment and indictment in Washington related to the January 6 federal case and following his surrender and arraignment at the Fulton County Jail in Georgia, is close. to $20 million, a Trump campaign official said.
On Friday, the day after his arrest in Georgia, Trump raised $4.18 million, the highest-grossing day of the entire campaign, the source said.
Fundraising figures were first reported by Political.
Following Trump’s arrest, his campaign also immediately began selling merchandise featuring the former president’s inmate photo. The sales have contributed to the high fundraising totals, according to the source.
Trump’s legal troubles have escalated in recent weeks, with prosecutors filing two indictments related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results.
Earlier this month, special counsel Jack Smith filed four federal charges against the former president. The indictment alleges that Trump “was determined to remain in power” and, along with his allies, orchestrated a plot to overturn the results prior to the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol.
Trump pleaded not guilty to those charges, which included conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding.
Last week, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis filed 41 charges against Trump and 18 co-defendants, including his former personal attorney and New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former White House Secretary General , Mark Meadows. The charges include violating state anti-organized crime law, and the indictment alleges the defendants worked as a “business” to overturn the state’s election result.
While Trump has yet to be arraigned in the Georgia case, he made a prime-time appearance at the Fulton County Jail on Thursday to be booked and released on bail. Trump aides said they were very pleased with Thursday’s media coverage and the former president immediately began raising funds after his arrest.
Trump also returned to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, for the first time since January 2021 to share a fundraising note.
“I entered the lions’ den with a simple message on behalf of our entire movement: I will never give up our mission to save America,” Trump wrote Thursday. He asked his supporters to make a campaign contribution “to oust” President Joe Biden “during this dark chapter in our nation’s history.”
— CNN’s Tierney Sneed, Zachary Cohen and Kate Sullivan contributed to this report.
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