Historic Trump mugshot released in Georgia arrest for election plot case

Donald Trump has surrendered successful Georgia connected charges of plotting to overturn the state's 2020 predetermination results successful an apprehension that saw the archetypal ever mugshot of a erstwhile US president.

Mr Trump had to wage a bail enslaved of $200,000 (£157,000) to beryllium released from the Atlanta jailhouse portion helium awaits trial.

Afterwards, helium described the lawsuit arsenic "a travesty of justice".

It was his 4th apprehension successful 5 months successful a transgression case, but this was his archetypal constabulary booking photo.

Mr Trump aboriginal posted connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, for the archetypal clip since January 2021. He shared the code of his website and the mugshot with an all-capital letters caption: "Election interference. Never surrender!"

He joins the ranks of American nationalist figures who person had apprehension booking photos taken by police, including Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Al Capone and Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

Mr Trump argues the cases against him are politically motivated due to the fact that helium is starring the Republican contention to situation President Joe Biden, a Democrat, successful adjacent year's statesmanlike election.

The archetypal erstwhile oregon serving US president ever to beryllium indicted, helium made a circular travel from New Jersey connected his backstage pitchy to beryllium booked into the Fulton County Jail connected Thursday afternoon.

He was wrong the installation for astir 20 minutes. Dozens of his supporters gathered outside.

Records posted connected the jail's website described Mr Trump arsenic a achromatic male, 6ft 3in, and weighing 215lbs (97kg), with blond oregon strawberry hairsbreadth and bluish eyes. His inmate fig was P01135809.

Before heading location helium told reporters astatine the airdrome that helium was entitled to situation an predetermination result.

"I thought the predetermination was a rigged election, a stolen election," said Mr Trump, who often makes unfounded claims of wide ballot fraud successful 2020. "And I should person each close to bash that.

"As you know, you person galore radical that you've been watching implicit the years bash the aforesaid thing, whether it's Hillary Clinton oregon [former Georgia gubernatorial campaigner ] Stacey Abrams, oregon galore others."

Mr Trump was charged past week alongside 18 co-defendants with meddling successful Georgia's predetermination results pursuing his nonaccomplishment to Mr Biden by less than 12,000 votes successful that state.

The erstwhile president was heard successful a telephone telephone pressuring Georgia's apical predetermination authoritative to "find 11,780 votes" during the ballot count.

Among the 13 charges Mr Trump faces are racketeering, soliciting a nationalist authoritative to interruption his oath of office, conspiracy to impersonate a nationalist officer, conspiracy to perpetrate forgery and making mendacious statements.

He denies each the counts against him.

Half of his co-accused person already been booked astatine Fulton County Jail successful caller days up of Friday's deadline. They see erstwhile New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and erstwhile White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.

One of Mr Trump's co-defendants, the person of Black Voices for Trump, Harrison Floyd, is being held successful custody aft turning himself successful connected Thursday without a bail agreement, tribunal officials say.

A Georgia justice granted a speedy proceedings petition to different co-defendant successful the case, lawyer Kenneth Chesebro. His docket is present owed to statesman connected 23 October.

Just hours earlier his surrender connected Thursday Mr Trump replaced his starring defence lawyer, Drew Findling, with seasoned Atlanta transgression defence lawyer Steven Sadow.

One of the conditions of Mr Trump's bail merchandise is that helium refrain from immoderate comments, connected societal media oregon otherwise, that are intended to "intimidate" witnesses oregon co-defendants. He is besides not allowed to person immoderate connection with the different co-defendants, but done his lawyers.

Before arriving successful Georgia, Mr Trump continued to criticise the authoritative bringing the charges, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, a Democrat, who helium accuses of trying to sabotage his White House campaign.

Posting connected his Truth Social platform, helium blamed Ms Willis for execution and convulsive transgression successful Atlanta, penning that "people are acrophobic to spell extracurricular to bargain a loaf of bread".

State-by-state primaries - successful which Republican voters volition take their party's nominee - are owed to statesman connected 15 January 2024.