Former President Donald Trump appeared angry and giving a death stare in his first-ever mugshot.
Trump’s perhaps most famous picture yet was taken on Thursday night while he was arrested and booked into Fulton County Jail for charges in the Georgia election interference case.
The ex-president furrowed his eyebrows and frowned in the mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office just before 9pm. He wore a red tie, white shirt and dark blue suit.
Trump’s intense expression was markedly different from what many of his 18 co-defendants displayed in their mugshots earlier this week. Some of them smiled.
He is the first current or former president to have a mugshot taken and the first to face criminal charges. Trump faces not only the Georgia election interference probe, but three other cases against him.
Trump turned himself in to be booked at Fulton County Jail in downtown Atlanta shortly after 7.30pm. The process was speedy and he spent only about an hour-and-a-half on the ground in Georgia before heading back to his Bedminster Golf Club in New Jersey.
His booking sheet confirmed he was arrested and recorded him as 6 foot 3 inches tall, 215 pounds, with blue eyes and ‘blonde or strawberry’ hair.
Trump allies quickly capitalized on his mugshot.
‘This is the photo that will win the 2024 Presidential election,’ Georgia Republican Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene, who stood outside the jail in support, wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
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Meanwhile, Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville said he recognized Trump’s expression in the mugshot.
‘I’ve seen President Trump with that look a couple times playing golf with him when he’s missed a putt or I’m beating him in a round of golf,’ he said on Newsmax.
Trump’s glowering mugshot was reportedly planned. His team discussed it with him before taking him to the jail and he decided to look ‘defiant’ and intentionally chose not to smile, sources told CNN.
He surrendered as most of his co-defendants have already handed themselves in. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis gave all 19 defendants until Friday at noon to surrender, before issuing warrants for their arrest.
On Thursday morning, his former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows surrendered and appeared angry and wearing a slight snarl.
Trump’s former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani surrendered on Wednesday afternoon, appearing stern and determined in his mugshot. Upon release, Giuliani slammed Willis’ probe and told reporters that he had talked to Trump earlier in the day.
‘I have every confidence in him,’ said Giuliani.
Trump’s grimacing mugshot also conveyed a much harsher sentiment than when he stepped off his plane at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to head to the jail. He flashed a thumbs up and even a slight smile.
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