Historic presidential mugshot of Trump revealed

The Independent's Morning Headlines email [The Independent]( August 25, 2023 [View online](   [Morning Headlines]( 1 /[Historic presidential mugshot of Trump revealed in Georgia arrest](independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/trump-headshot-mugshot-hugh-grant-epstein-b2399157.html)//link.e.independent.co.uk/click/32505610.338016/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvbmV3cy91ay9ob21lLW5ld3MvaHV3LWVkd2FyZHMtYmJjLXNleC1zY2FuZGFsLWIyMzc0MTE4Lmh0bWw/64c10d26314b145aeb06720bBd8beb8e2 independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/trump-headshot-mugshot-hugh-grant-epstein-b2399157.html [Donald Trump]( has shared his mugshot in a post on X, formerly known as [Twitter](, marking his return to the social platform for the first time in more than two years. It represents the first and only time a current or former president has been forced to sit for a police mugshot. [Trump]( was booked and released from the [Fulton County]( Jail in [Atlanta]( after surrendering to the authorities on 13 charges of attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election in [Georgia](. The former [president]( arrived in a large motorcade and turned himself in just after 7.30pm. He was arrested, booked, fingerprinted, and had a mugshot taken before being released. 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