Trump needed to pay a bail bond of $200,000 (£160,000) to be launched from the Atlanta jail, and now awaits trial. He later described the case as “a travesty of justice”.
That is the fourth time in 5 months that Trump has been arrested in a legal case, but it surely’s the primary time a police reserving picture has been taken of the previous president.
Trump later posted on X (previously Twitter) for the primary time since January 2021. Sharing his web site deal with and the mugshot, he wrote: “ELECTION INTERFERENCE. NEVER SURRENDER!”
https://t.co/MlIKklPSJT pic.twitter.com/Mcbf2xozsY
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2023
Since Trump shared his personal mugshot, X customers have turned the picture right into a viral meme, with many mocking the previous president.
You could find some examples beneath.
TRUMP MUGSHOT JUST DROPPED #TrumpMugshot pic.twitter.com/vnbhxA8Amh
— The Lincoln Undertaking (@ProjectLincoln) August 25, 2023
The way it began / The way it’s going. #TrumpMugShot pic.twitter.com/8Vd2c9t501
— Defend Glendale Undertaking (@ProtectGlendale) August 25, 2023
not now joe #TrumpMugShot pic.twitter.com/OXVK2PeU5d
— bukki. (@derbukki) August 25, 2023
#TrumpMugShot made somethin with all of the edits which have been going round these days lmao pic.twitter.com/KC4iqupWeu
— Moose (@hahamoose) August 25, 2023
SMILE B*TCH#TrumpMugShot #TrumpArrest pic.twitter.com/1jfcVAjQFh
— ً👹 (@Randommarnz) August 25, 2023
Goodnight of us #TrumpMugShot pic.twitter.com/GzFtMb7Ddo
— HappyToast★ (@IamHappyToast) August 25, 2023
Trump claims that the circumstances towards him are politically motivated as a result of he’s main the Republican race to problem President Joe Biden, a Democrat, in subsequent yr’s presidential election.
Following his arrest and eventual launch on Thursday, he instructed reporters that he was entitled to problem the results of a vote (through BBC Information).
“I believed the election was a rigged election, a stolen election,” stated Trump, who has made quite a few unfounded claims of widespread poll fraud in 2020. “And I ought to have each proper to try this.
“As you recognize, you’ve many individuals that you just’ve been watching over time do the identical factor, whether or not it’s Hillary Clinton or [former candidate for Georgia governor] Stacey Abrams, or many others.”
Trump has 13 prices towards him, which embody racketeering, soliciting a public official to violate his oath of workplace, conspiracy to impersonate a public officer, conspiracy to commit forgery, and making false statements. He denies all the counts towards him.
