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Donald Trump’s scowling mug shot an instant hit
Updated On: 26 August, 2023 08:11 AM IST | Atlanta | Agencies
Aides quickly use it for fundraising, opponents likely to use it against him
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Trump is accused of scheming to subvert the will of Georgia voters to keep Joe Biden out of the White House. Pic/AP
A scowling Donald Trump posed for a mug shot on Thursday as he surrendered inside a jail in Atlanta on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, creating a historic and humbling visual underscoring the former president’s escalating troubles.
The booking photo instantly becomes part of the former president’s legacy as he confronts criminal charges in four American cities while seeking to reclaim the White House. His aides swiftly seized on the image, fundraising off the first mug shot in American history of a former president as representative of the persecution they contend Trump is encountering. His opponents are likely to use it to remind voters of dangers in electing a president facing charges.
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