After his fourth surrender to law enforcement since March, Donald Trump made history as the first former president to have mug shot taken Thursday evening when he was booked at the Fulton County Jail.
Trump, like 10 other co-defendants who arrived at the infamous Atlanta-based prison this week before him, was given a prisoner identification number, was fingerprinted, and had his booking photo taken and published online by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office.
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The former president wore his signature navy-colored suit and red power tie and sported a mean scowl on his face.
At 9:38 p.m., Trump also made a historic return to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, posting his mug shot image and a short message that read, “ELECTION INTERFERENCE … NEVER SURRENDER … DONALDJTRUMP.COM.” It marked his first post since his last one after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in 2021.
Trump’s campaign also circulated a fundraising email asking for “patriots” to donate $47 to his reelection bid, saying donors would receive a free T-shirt featuring the booking photo and text that states “Never Surrender!”
Before being booked, Trump arrived in Atlanta from Bedminster, New Jersey, and walked down the stairs from his signature Trump Force One Boeing 757, giving members of the press a thumbs up as he entered a vehicle to be driven to the local jailhouse.
It took roughly 20 minutes to arrive at the jailhouse, and his booking only took around 20 more minutes. His booking number is 2313827, and other details showed the former president is 6 foot, 3 inches and weighs 215 pounds.
The former president had a $200,000 bond prearranged with District Attorney Fani Willis, the highest of any of the 18 other co-defendants charged in the case.
As part of Trump’s bond order, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee told him not to make any indirect threats against any of his 18 co-defendants or any of the witnesses in the case. “The Defendant shall perform no act to intimidate any person known to him or her to be a codefendant or witness in this case,” the order read, including “posts on social media or reposts of posts made by another individual on social media.”
As with the previous three arraignments, Trump supporters gathered in force to show their support for the former president beginning early in the morning outside the county jail, which is known to be a consistently overcrowded and pest-ridden facility.
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Not everyone was there in support, however. A considerable counter-protest gathered as well, calling Trump a traitor, with some chanting “Lock him up.”
Trump was indicted on Aug. 15 on 13 charges including racketeering, conspiracy, and other counts by a grand jury in Fulton County, the result of a more than two-year investigation Willis led into alleged 2020 election interference in Georgia.
