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Updates: Ex-President Trump surrenders, mugshot taken at Fulton jail

August 25, 2023 BreakingNews, Dallas News, Houston News, International Comments Off on Updates: Ex-President Trump surrenders, mugshot taken at Fulton jail 69 Views

  • Donald Trump has turned himself in to authorities in the US state of Georgia, where the former president faces criminal charges over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
  • The former president was fingerprinted and had his mugshot taken when he surrendered at the Fulton County jail.
  • It was the fourth such surrender this year for Trump, who has been indicted in three other criminal cases.
  • Trump decried the case as a “travesty of justice” as he departed Georgia.

    Trial lawyer and former Baltimore prosecutor Debbie Hines told Al Jazeera she believes Trump’s mugshot is a “significant” step for equal treatment within the court system.

    She explained that all the individuals she represents have to be processed through the court system – and that includes taking a booking photo.

    “There is nothing that should be any different in the case of Donald Trump, except that in the three other cases, he did not have a mugshot,” Hines said. “And that just gave him what I believe is preferential treatment as opposed to what everyone else gets.”

    Trump has made his first post on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, since being suspended in January 2021 – and he used his booking photo from the Fulton County jail to promote his 2024 reelection campaign.

    “Never surrender!” he posted with a link to his website, where the mugshot was also featured prominently with an appeal for donations.

    Trump has been the subject of three prior indictments – but only in his fourth has he been required to take a mugshot as part of his arrest record.

    Authorities in many jurisdictions have discretion over whether to take photos of defendants when they are arrested. And given Trump’s status as a public figure with a well-known profile, having a photo on file was not necessary to identify him for future proceedings.

    But in Georgia, where Trump faces his latest indictment, officials were determined to treat Trump as they would any other person they arrested.

    “Unless somebody tells me differently, we are following our normal practices, and so it doesn’t matter your status, we’ll have a mugshot ready for you,” Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat told Atlanta station WSB-TV after the indictment was issued.

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