Former US president Donald Trump was on Thursday arrested at a Georgia jail.
Gatekeepers News reports that Trump, who is facing charges on racketeering and conspiracy was later released on a $200,000 bond after having a historic mug shot taken.
Trump is accused of colluding with 18 other defendants to overturn the 2020 election result in the southern state
The former US President spent less than 30 minutes inside Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail before leaving in a motorcade for the airport.
Like the other defendants in the case who have surrendered so far, the 77-year-old Trump made history by becoming the former US president to have his mug shot taken.
In the photograph released by the sheriff’s office, he scowled at the camera while dressed in a dark blue suit, white shirt and red tie.
Speaking to reporters after his arrest, Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, said it was a “very sad day for America.”
He said, “What has taken place here is a travesty of justice… I did nothing wrong.”
Trump posted the mug shot on his own Truth Social platform with the caption “Election Interference” and a link to his campaign website.
A short while later, the former president posted it on X — formerly Twitter, his favorite bullhorn before he was banned from it after the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol by a mob of his supporters.
Although, the new owner of the microblogging site, Elon Musk, reinstated Trump on X in November of last year, Trump stayed away and posted instead on Truth Social.
The mugshot post is Trump’s first post on X since 2021.
Trump was given the inmate number “PO1135809” by the Fulton County Jail, which listed his height as six foot three inches (1.9 meters), his weight as 215 pounds (97 kilograms) and his hair color as “Blond or Strawberry.”
