Now that Donald Trump has had his mug photo taken, he is the only serving or previous president of the United States to have done so.
The extraordinary booking picture was made public by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday night, soon after President Trump turned himself in at an Atlanta prison to face charges arising from his fourth indictment handed down this year. The accusations arise from the fact that Trump was charged with obstructing justice during the 2016 presidential campaign. Before he surrendered himself up, his attorneys arranged a $200,000 bail for him to post.
Trump was processed as prisoner number P01135809, with his height stated as 6’3″, with “blonde or strawberry hair,” and blue eyes.
On the 14th of August, a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, decided to prosecute President Trump and 18 of his political associates for their attempts to reverse the results of the presidential election that was held in the state of Georgia in 2020.
If found guilty, Trump faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison for violating the Georgia RICO Act, which is categorized as a “serious felony.” However, it is unknown whether Republican-appointed Judge Scott McAfee will hand down that sentence in the form of incarceration or something less severe, such as probation. Trump was the only defendant in the case to be charged with felony offenses.
Shortly after the indictment was processed, the authorities in Fulton County indicated that, in contrast to the previous three criminal cases that ended in charges being brought against Trump, defendants in this instance would not get any special treatment and would be required to be properly lodged at the county prison by noon on August 25. This announcement was made shortly after the processing of the indictment.
The suspects in the case started turning themselves in one at a time at the Fulton County Jail on Tuesday morning.
The extensive, 98-page indictment that came out of Fulton County reveals an alleged multi-layered scheme to reverse the results of Georgia’s presidential election in 2020 and prevent Joe Biden from receiving the state’s 16 Electoral College votes. The claimed plot was aimed at preventing Joe Biden from becoming president of the United States.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, a former mayor of New York City named Rudy Giuliani, a former chief of staff for the White House named Mark Meadows, current and former Republican leaders, and a number of lawyers are all suspected of participating in the scheme.
In addition to the 19 defendants who are charged with trying to affect the result of the election, the indictment mentions a total of 30 more co-conspirators who will not be prosecuted for their roles in the conspiracy.
