The former US president Donald Trump changed on Thursday to X (formerly Twitter) the historic photo taken during his arrest at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, marking his return to the famous site after a two-year absence.
It is recalled that the former US president had used this social networking site since January 2021, a few days after the attack by his followers on federal capitol. His post was accompanied by a new message from the 77-year-old against attempts to interfere in the electoral process (as he characterizes the persecutions) and a promise to his followers that he will never stop fighting.
“He took it to another level” characteristically wrote the owner of the platform Elon Muskwho in November 2022 reinstated the former president’s account, which had been suspended after the Capitol invasion.
The historic arrest photo of Donald Trump
Sullen, frowning, looking full of suspicion: Donald Trump was photographed yesterday, Thursday, in an Atlanta jail as part of his official arrest process, something that happened for the first time to a former president in the history of the United States.
He had gotten away with this humiliating ritual in his three previous criminal arraignments, but the billionaire presidential candidate, who is accused of trying to manipulate the results of the 2020 presidential election, could not get away with it after all.
This photo, “mugshot” in English, was taken by the sheriff’s department of the capital of the state of Georgia and was instantly on the front page of American media while also making the rounds on social media.
It also marked the return of the former president to Twitter, now X: Donald Trump posted this official portrait photo of himself there, accompanied by the message “Never give up!”, making clear his will to fight against what considers a “witch hunt” orchestrated by President Joe Biden.
His previous post on this platform, which was once his favorite channel of communication, was from January 2021. He was banned from posting there after his followers attacked the US Congress, but that ban has now been lifted. removed.
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After posting $200,000 bail to be released, Trump, the front-runner in the Republican primary for the 2024 presidential election, was quickly escorted out of the Atlanta jail under tight security.
Shortly after undergoing this legal process and before re-boarding his private plane, he denounced “a travesty of justice” and “election interference” on the part of the Georgia state authorities who brought the charges against him.
“I didn’t do anything wrong”
“I didn’t do anything wrong” by questioning the results of the 2020 presidential election, which Joe Biden won, the Republican former president claimed.
Some of Trump’s 18 co-defendants had already been released this week from the Fulton County Jail, an overcrowded and notoriously unsanitary facility.
All were indicted on August 14 for fraudulently attempting to overturn the 2020 election, which was won in this key state by Democratic incumbent Joe Biden.
The Organized Crime Act, which was used by prosecutors to jointly indict the 19 defendants, carries prison sentences of 5 to 20 years.
The defendants are due back in Atlanta, this time in court, the week of Sept. 5 to plead not guilty or guilty.
Four indictments in six months
The problems with justice are piling up for Trump, a former reality TV star who has been indicted in criminal court for the fourth time in less than six months.
The 70-year-old is accused in New York of suspicious payments to a former porn actress, as well as by federal justice for electoral pressure during the 2020 presidential election, as well as negligence in the management of classified documents after he left the White House.
The former president has pleaded not guilty to all these charges.
Paradoxically, however, each new charge also brings him millions of dollars in campaign donations from supporters who are convinced he is the victim of political persecution.
The US president, who is running for re-election, has avoided commenting on Donald Trump’s judicial troubles, careful not to fuel accusations of obstruction of justice.
Trump’s release from prison in Georgia occurred the day after the first major presidential date of 2024, the Republican primary debate held in Wisconsin.
The former real estate mogul snubbed that telefight, citing the fact that he is leading his rivals in the polls and preferring to give an interview with Tucker Carlson, a former anchor of the conservative Fox News network, that aired on X at the same time as televised debate.
Source: News Beast
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