Photos Of Prisoners Appear, Donald Trump Earns IDR 108 Billion In Fundraising

Former US President Donald Trump (@RealDonaldTrum)

JAKARTA - Former US President Donald Trump managed to raise funds amounting to US$ 7.1 million or around Rp. 108 billion, since photos of his detainees circulated on Thursday, August 24. At that time, Donald Trump was even a prisoner in Atlanta City prison, Georgia.

A total of three weeks of fundraising for Donald Trump came forward as a presidential reading from the Republican Party worth US$20 million or around Rp. 305 billion.

The amount of funds raised coincides with the time he was charged with trying to cancel the results of the 2020 US Presidential Election in the state of Georgia.

Donald Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said on Saturday, August 26, since taking his photo as a prisoner in a case in Atlanta, Georgia, the former president has made US$7.1 million.

He said, on Friday alone, Donald Trump made US$4.18 million, making that day the highest gross revenue in his campaign so far.

Donald Trump, who was elected president in 2016, was defeated by Joe Biden of the Democratic Party in the 2020 presidential election. Now he is again looking for a presidential nomination from the Republican Party for next year's election.

Donald Trump is currently facing four counts over his false claims that he was rigged of election results, and an attack on January 6, 2021 by his US Capitol followers in Washington, DC.

Denying all charges

On August 15, Donald Trump was indicted by a jury in Georgia after an investigation by regional prosecutor Fulton County Fani Willis over his efforts to reverse the results of his 2020 presidential election against Biden in the state.

On August 3, Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to the charges made by prosecutor Jack Smith in a federal court in Washington that he was conspiring to deceive the United States by preventing Congress from validating Joe Biden's victory. Donald Trump tried to annull voters.

Donald Trump also pleaded not guilty to illegally storing classified documents after leaving the presidency. Later, he was accused of falsifying business records in a New York case related to payment of silence money to Playboy Stormy Daniels model before the 2016 presidential election.