Former President Donald Trump is profiting from a claim that
he was tortured when he was booked into Georgio's Fulton
County Jail in August 2023.
news.com has learned that this assertion was disseminated in an
e-mail advertising a mug with Trump's mug shot.
I want you to remember what they did to me,
the e-mail reads. They tortured me in the Fulton County
Jail and took my mug shot.
So guess what? I put it on a mug for
the whole world to see,
the e-mail selling the allegedly limited edition mug for $47
apiece says.
Right leaning News Corporation and one time Trump ally Fox
News also picked up on the e-mail and cited an
excerpt from the United Nations UN Convention Against Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
According to the UN, torture is an act by which
severe pain or suffering,
whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person.
According to the New York Post,
the entire booking process on August 25th,
2023 took 20 minutes before the mug shot was released
to the public.
Another report by CNN News noted that Trump was processed
and released.
The article further noted jail records showed him at six
foot 3 inches tall and weighing 215 lbs with blue
eyes and blonde or strawberry hair.
His booking number was PO 1135809.
Following his brush with Georgia's law enforcement,
he sent an e-mail to supporters and potential donors calling
the jail poor and disgraceful,
according to BBC News. The e-mail also claimed that the
facility was worse than you could even imagine.
And that it was violent and falling apart.
The publication further noted that while the penal facility was
not in the best of shape and struggled with overcrowding,
Trump never felt any of the discomfort suffered by those
still incarcerated due to their inability to afford bail.
Trump's claim of torture grabbed the attention of netizens who
refuted the idea one such entity on social media equipped.
Trump is claiming he was tortured while getting his mug
shot taken at the Fulton County Jail.
John McCain, former Republican presidential candidate,
knew all about real torture.
Unlike Trump, who has no idea what torture is or
he would have required hospitalization.
The comment on ex read tortured.
What does Trump mean by this?
Like they inconvenienced slash annoyed him?
Or that they did something painful slash harmful like pulling
his fingernails out,
Quipped another. I highly doubt the Secret Service allowed Atlanta
PD to truly torture Trump.
Trump thinks torture includes photographs and fingerprinting.
Was he strip searched? How many criminals are laughing at
him?
Asked an account dedicated to politics.
The mug shot, repurposed for resale,
was initially met with massive fanfare when it first became
public in August 2023.
According to Politico, the former president raised 7.1 million dollars,
$4.18 million of which landed in the Trump campaign's coffers
within 24 hours of magazine's leader being booked into jail.