Trump Scowls In Mug Shot Taken At Atlanta Jail

A scowling Donald Trump posed for a mug shot Thursday (Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, in Manila) as he surrendered in an Atlanta jail on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia and was booked as Inmate No. P01135809, Eric Tucker, Kate Brumback and Jill Colvin reported for the Associated Press (AP).

Photo Insert: Trump was released on $200,000 bond and headed back to the airport for his flight to New Jersey, flashing a thumbs-up through the window of his vehicle as his motorcade left. I Photo: Fulton County Sheriff's Office

The booking photo instantly becomes part of the former president’s legacy as he confronts criminal charges in four American cities while seeking to reclaim the White House.

His aides swiftly seized on the image, fundraising off the first mug shot in American history of a former president as a representative of the persecution they contend Trump is encountering.

His opponents are likely to use it to remind voters of the dangers in electing a president facing 91 felony charges, 13 of them in Atlanta.

Trump was released on $200,000 bond and headed back to the airport for his flight to New Jersey, flashing a thumbs-up through the window of his vehicle as his motorcade left.

Unrepentant but subdued after the brief jail visit, he again insisted that he “did nothing wrong” and called the case accusing him of subverting election results a “travesty of justice,” Sudhin Thanawala, Jeff Amy, Jeff Martin and Russ Bynum also reported for AP.

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