A mug shot of Donald Trump was taken when the former US president visited the Fulton County Jail in Georgia on Thursday.
Briefly arrested for his electoral pressure in 2020 this Thursday in Atlanta, Georgia, Donald Trump went through the ordeal of the “mugshot”, the photo that the defendants take from the front and in profile, reported our colleagues from CNN. Information quickly confirmed by Agence France presse, which broadcast this historic snapshot.
It is indeed the first time that a former tenant of the White House has submitted to this ordeal of the “mugshot”.
The former president, who was measured and weighed during this sequence, was later released on bail. According to the file consulted by our colleagues from Guardian and CNN, Donald Trump “is thus 1.90m tall, weighs 97kg and has blond hair”.
“Another sad day in America,” Donald Trump denounced on his Truth Social platform shortly before his departure for Fulton County Jail.
Mugshots for all the co-defendants
He was preceded in recent days in this overcrowded and notoriously unsanitary establishment, watched by the media around the world, by several of his 18 co-defendants.
All were charged on August 14 with unlawful attempts to reverse the result of the 2020 election, won in this key state by current Democratic President Joe Biden.
Those who have already pushed the door of the prison, like the ex-lawyer of Donald Trump Rudy Giuliani, saw their passage immortalized and their “mugshot” circulating in a loop on television and on social networks. The rules in force also provide for the taking of fingerprints.
The defendants have until Friday noon to present themselves to the authorities. They are expected to return to Atlanta, this time in court, the week of September 5, presumably to announce whether or not they plead guilty.