Trump mugshot makes history after surrender at Fulton County jail
- Former US President Donald Trump has surrendered in Georgia and been formally booked on charges of plotting to overturn the state's 2020 election results. This is the first time a mugshot has been taken of a former US president.
- Trump had to pay a bail bond of $200,000 to be released from jail while he awaits trial. He describes the case as "a travesty of justice" and argues that the charges are politically motivated.
- Trump is facing 13 charges, including racketeering, soliciting a public official to violate his oath of office, and conspiracy to commit forgery.
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One image, one face, one American moment: The Donald Trump mug shot
By JONATHAN J. COOPER (Associated Press) A camera clicks. In a fraction of a second, the shutter opens and then closes, freezing forever the image in front of it. When the camera shutter blinked inside an Atlanta jail on Thursday, it both created and documented a tiny inflection point in American life. Captured for posterity, there was a former president of the United States, for the first time in history, under arrest and captured in the sort o…
One image, one face, one American moment: The Donald Trump mug shot
By JONATHAN J. COOPER (Associated Press) A camera clicks. In a fraction of a second, the shutter opens and then closes, freezing forever the image in front of it. When the camera shutter blinked inside an Atlanta jail on Thursday, it both created and documented a tiny inflection point in American life. Captured for posterity, there was a former president of the United States, for the first time in history, under arrest and captured in the sort o…
One image, one face, one American moment: The Donald Trump mug shot
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press A camera clicks. In a fraction of a second, the shutter opens and then closes, freezing forever the image in front of it. When the camera shutter blinked inside an Atlanta jail on Thursday, it both created and documented a tiny inflection point in American life. Captured for posterity, there was a former president of the United States, for the first time in history, under arrest and captured in the sort of …
‘NEVER SURRENDER!’ Donald Trump weaponises jail mugshot
It is a further sign of Donald Trump’s political strategy – turn what should be the thing that kills your campaign into your strongest weapon. The authorities in Georgia had tried to treat the ex-President as much like an ordinary accused as possible – making him report to county jail for his booking and mugshot, on a range of charges to do with trying to overturn the 2020 election result. The image was instantly iconic and already on Trump merc…
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