Donald Trump had his mugshot taken Thursday in the fourth criminal case to be brought against him — despite being spared embarrassment on three previous occasions — because of a Georgia law requiring formalities, experts said.
The former president was booked into the Fulton County Jail on Thursday afternoon on charges that he tried to illegally overturn the results of Georgia’s 2020 election, and was caught sulking on camera in images released just before 9 p.m.
The 77-year-old called the ordeal a “terrible experience,” adding in a Newsmax interview that he had never “heard the word ‘mugshot'” before.
But while Trump has not been forced to take a booking photo in either the Manhattan ‘hush money’ case, the Mar-a-Lago documents case and in the federal case accusing him of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election, veteran attorney and former Fulton County prosecutor Darryl Cohen told The Post getting a mugshot in the Peach State is “normal, it’s a procedure.”
Donald Trump had his photo taken in the fourth criminal case against him — and not the other three — because Georgia law required it. FULTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE/AFP via Getty Images
“In all my years of practice, I’ve never seen someone get arrested without being fingerprinted and photographed,” Cohen said.
State law requires accused criminals to be fingerprinted and photographed, so the move was “not aimed at Trump to hurt him and other defendants,” Cohen said. “It’s not vindictive at all.”
In fact, Trump and his 18 co-defendants — including former Mayor Rudy Giuliani — were all treated better than most defendants by being allowed to negotiate their bonds ahead of time, show up for bookings at set times and wear their own clothes. clothing, Cohen said.
Trump and 18 other defendants he indicted surrendered at the Fulton County Jail in Georgia and were photographed. via REUTERS
“This is very unusual,” said the lawyer. “It treats them pretty well, a lot better than most people do. This is as good and professional as the DA’s office.”
William Head, a longtime criminal defense attorney in the county, told The Post, “In 47 years of doing criminal work, I’ve had many famous and wealthy clients, and every single one of them has had their picture taken.”
Former Manhattan prosecutor Michael Bachner told The Post that while fingerprints are required on bookings in New York, muggings are at the discretion of the NYPD.
Movement with former US President and 2024 Presidential candidate Donald Trump leaving the Fulton County Jail after being photographed and posting bail.AFP via Getty Images
“Theoretically, mugshots are taken so that the defendant’s picture is on file for the purpose of if they run away and so on,” said Bachner. “So they can distribute pictures. But with someone like Trump whose face is all over the place, it really isn’t necessary.”
In a previous case, Trump’s legal spokeswoman Alina Habba had argued the same, there was no reason for Trump to take his mugshot, because one of the most recognizable people in the world could hardly be considered a flight risk.
Trump is the first president in US history to have his photo taken as part of the booking process.
Trump called the ordeal a “terrible experience,” adding in a Newsmax interview that he had never “heard the word ‘mugshot'” before.Getty Images
He spent 20 minutes in jail Thursday after he was indicted on Aug. 14 on 13 counts of racketeering, conspiracy, making false statements and soliciting public officials to violate their oath of office.
He was released on $200,000 bond and agreed to an order restricting what he can say, including on social media, about witnesses and co-defendants in the case.
He has steadfastly maintained his innocence in the latest case, as well as in three other cases.
“It’s just a really horrible thing they did,” he told Newsmax of the prosecution, after telling reporters on the tarmac at the Atlanta airport Thursday night that his arrest was “a very sad day for our country.”
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