Donald Trump’s team claimed Monday that he was “tortured” in Fulton County Jail during his August surrender on election-tampering raps — as it peddled coffee cups with his mug shot.
“I want you to remember what they did to me. They tortured me in the Fulton County Jail, and TOOK MY MUGSHOT. So guess what?” a new fundraising pitch from his camp said.
“I put it on a mug for the WHOLE WORLD TO SEE!”
The missive offered fans the opportunity to purchase one of his “limited edition” coffee cups featuring the mug shot of a scowling Trump during his booking.
At the time, Trump was the first former US president to have his mug shot taken and booked in jail for a criminal case. The scene took just over roughly 20 minutes.
Initially, he was facing 13 counts for alleged 2020 election-tampering in Georgia, but that number has since been winnowed down to 10.
Immediately after his booking, Trump’s fundraising apparatus kicked into gear and raised a whopping $4.18 million in the 24-hour period that followed. It sold t-shirts and other memorabilia based on the mug shot.
His team then shattered that record last month when it hauled in an eye-popping $53 million in the 24-hour period after his conviction in a Manhattan hush-money case, according to his campaign.
Trump has thumped President Biden on the fundraising circuit during the month of May, with a jaw-dropping $141 million haul between his campaign and the Republican National Committee, according to figures from both presidential campaigns.
By contrast, Biden’s team and the Democratic National Committee claimed to have raked in $85 million in May.
Trump’s team appeared to put out a similar fundraiser blast in May that used similar language about torture.
On the campaign trail, Trump has crowed about how he has amassed more criminal counts against him than Al Capone and decried the prosecution against him.
The 45th president is facing a total of 54 pending criminal counts spanning three indictments. He has denied wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty to all of them.
He is set to face sentencing July 11 in the 34-count Manhattan hush-money case for which he was found guilty in May.
That will come just days before the Republican National Convention from July 15-18 in Milwaukee, Wisc.
