Former President Donald Trump circulated his own mugshot Thursday night in his first post on X, formerly known as Twitter, two days after the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.
Along with the stock photo, taken hours earlier in an Atlanta jail, Trump, 77, included a link to his 2024 presidential campaign website.
Beneath the mugshot, it reads “Election Interference” and “Never Give Up!”.
Despite the slogan, Trump actually turned himself in to authorities at the Fulton County Jail, where he was indicted on charges related to his attempts to reverse the results of the 2020 Georgia election.
He made history by becoming the first President of the United States to have his mugshot taken.
“Today in the notoriously violent Fulton County, Georgia Jail I was ARRESTED despite committing NO CRIME,” Trump wrote on the campaign website home screen.
Donald Trump shared his mugshot with X and claimed he would “never give up.” via REUTERS
“The American people know what is happening. What has happened is a travesty of justice and ELECTION INTERFERENCE. The left wants to intimidate you into not voting for a political outsider who puts the American people FIRST.
“But today I entered the lions’ den with a simple message on behalf of our entire movement: I WILL NEVER GIVE UP ON OUR MISSION TO SAVE AMERICA.”
Trump claimed Democrats were impeaching him in an attempt to thwart his chances of winning the 2024 presidential campaign. AP
The tweet was the first time since Trump posted on the social network since January 8, 2021, when he told his supporters that he would not attend Joe Biden’s inauguration.
He was then banned from the platform, but reinstated on November 19, though his account remained inactive until Thursday.
Trump turned himself in after his grand jury indictment on Aug. 14 on charges including extortion, conspiracy, making false statements and soliciting a public official to violate his oath of office.
The 41-count indictment also charges 18 other Trump allies and supporters, including attorneys Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis and Kenneth Chesebro, all of whom turned themselves in this week for booking.
Trump was released on $200,000 bail after being arraigned in a Georgia jail.Sipa USA
Trump was released on $200,000 bail and accepted an order limiting his ability to post on social media about witnesses or co-defendants in the case.
The Georgia indictment is the fourth brought against the 45th president so far this year, following federal cases over his alleged efforts to nullify the 2020 election in Washington, D.C., and his alleged mishandling of classified documents in South Florida. Florida.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg also accused Trump of allegedly falsifying business records to conceal payments of “hush money” to porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election in order to silence her about an alleged decade-long adventure.
Trump made history by becoming the first US president to have his mugshot taken.ZUMAPRESS.com
Trump has routinely mocked the mounting cases against him, calling each charge earlier this month “a truly great badge of honour.”
He has repeatedly accused “crooked Joe Biden” and other Democrats of using their legal powers as a weapon to thwart Trump’s chances of winning the presidency.
Despite his criminal allegations and charges, Trump continues to dominate the Republican Party polls.
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