Donald Trump was later released on bail from an Atlanta jail

He is now inmate “P01135809”. Donald Trump, 1m90, 98kg (according to his declaration), strawberry blonde hair, registered on Thursday Atlanta jail records, like any lawyer. Former US President He was accused of trying to rig the 2020 presidential electionThe infamous ritual of the “mugshot” was the first in American history to include the right to take a mugshot.

On the tarmac, he denounced “a travesty of justice” and “election interference” on the part of officials in the state of Georgia he accused. “I didn’t do anything wrong,” assured the billionaire White House candidate who was released after posting $200,000 bail as Joe Biden questioned the results of the 2020 US presidential election victory.

He didn’t wait to raise money, accusing the ‘deep state’ of trying to make him an ‘enemy’, with a fundraising email promising a T-shirt with his historic photo printed for a $47 donation. No. 1″. Two and a half years after the attack on Capitol Hill, Donald Trump is back on Twitter / X, vowing to “never surrender”.

Viral mugshots

The former White House tenant has spent recent days in the overcrowded and notoriously unsanitary facility, watched by media from around the world along with his 18 co-defendants. All were charged on August 14 with illegally attempting to alter the outcome of the 2020 election, which incumbent Democratic President Joe Biden won in the key state.

Those who have already pushed the prison door, like Donald Trump’s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani, have seen their column immortalized and their “mugshot” circulated on television and social networks. There are rules in place to take fingerprints. Donald Trump, on the other hand, didn’t step on the scale to save time. The listed weight appears to be a generous 98 kg, so the former president weighed 110 kg in 2018, according to his medical examination.

Before this imposed record, Donald Trump officially replaced the head of his attorney general’s office in Georgia on Thursday. No explanation was given for Drew Findling’s replacement for Atlanta bar tenant Steven Sato, who has a habit of protecting celebrities.

But Steven Sato has criticized the organized crime statute that prosecutors have used in the past to charge the 19 defendants collectively, and which carry sentences ranging from five to 20 years in prison. The defendants have until Friday afternoon to appear before authorities. They are expected to return to Atlanta, this time in court, possibly the week of September 5, to announce whether or not they will plead guilty.

Four payments in six months

The Legal problems pile up For the former reality TV star, who has been criminally charged for the fourth time in less than six months. The septuagenarian has been charged in New York with suspicious payments to a former X movies actress, federal justice of electoral pressure during the 2020 presidential election and negligent handling of classified documents.

The former president has pleaded not guilty in all these cases. But, ironically, each turn brought him millions of dollars in campaign donations, paid by Trumpists who believed he was the victim of a “witch hunt” orchestrated by the Biden administration outside the presidential race.

An example of the fun campaign launched by the former reality TV star, this column by Donald Trump in Georgia comes the day after the first major presidential convention of 2024, the Republican primary debate, organized in Wisconsin, which the former president rejected. X (formerly Twitter) to give an interview to Tucker Carlson.

MUAC with AFP