The first ever mug shot of a former President will be widely shared by Trump critics, but Trump may also use it to rally the MAGA faithful, and boost donations
Supporters of former President Donald Trump protest near the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, on March 31, 2023t didn’t take long for Donald Trump and his allies to pounce. Roughly 20 minutes after news broke that a Manhattan grand jury indicted the former President over charges related to hush money payments to a porn star ahead of the 2016 election, Trump fundraising pitches began flooding inboxes.
More pleas soon followed, from the Trump-allied Super PAC Make America Great Again, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and other right-wing groups. Later in the evening, the Trump campaign blasted out another missive, this time promising to send donors a t-shirt that says “I Stand with Trump” in exchange for a contribution of $47 or more by midnight.
It’s a sign that Trump’s newfound place in history as the first former American president to be criminally indicted doesn’t only come with legal peril. It may be wildly lucrative. Newsmax Thursday night that the mug shot might be used as a campaign poster for his presidential campaign. “He will be mug-shot and fingerprinted,” Dershowitz said. “There’s really no way around that.”allegations that Trump
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