Former US President Donald Trump has surrendered in Georgia on charges of plotting to overturn the state’s 2020 election results.
Mr Trump had to pay a bail bond of 200 thousand dollars to be released from the Atlanta jail while he awaits trial.
Afterwards, he described the case as “a travesty of justice”.
It was his fourth arrest in five months in a criminal case, but this was his first Police booking photo. Mr Trump later posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, for the first time since January 2021. He shared the address of his website and the mugshot with an all-capital letters caption: “Election interference. Never surrender!”
He joins the ranks of American public figures who have had arrest booking photos, including Frank Sinatra, Al Capone and Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
Mr Trump argues the cases against him are politically motivated because he is leading the Republican race to challenge President Joe Biden, a Democrat, in next year’s presidential election.
Mr Trump was whisked to Fulton County Jail by a more substantial motorcade than he has used for previous court appearances this year. He was inside the facility for around 20 minutes. Dozens of his supporters gathered outside.
Source: BBC
