Donald Trump’s scowling mug shot an instant hit

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.

Trump was released on $200,000 bond and headed back to the airport for his return flight home to New Jersey, flashing a thumbs-up through the window of his SUV. Unrepentant but subdued after the brief jail visit, he again insisted that he "did nothing wrong" and called the case accusing him of subverting election results a "travesty of justice."

Trump's surrender to law enforcement authorities, the fourth time this year, was notably different from the three past surrenders, unfolding at night and requiring him to visit a jail rather than a courthouse.

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