The grim and frowning expression, on the left the unmistakable logo of the police forces with the sheriff's stamp. Donald Trump got the first mugshot of a US president in history.
The former number one in the White House was arrested a few hours ago for having attempted together with 18 other allies to overturn the vote in Georgia in 2020. The arrest lasted just twenty minutes, with immediate release on bail.
But the images of his fourth indictment are destined to remain indelible : the descent from his private jet at sunset with thumbs up but frowning, the journey with a gigantic procession of cars and spare motorcycles worthy of a president rather than an ex , but only a handful of fans along the way.
And then he delivers her not to a court, but to a super prison infamous for its overcrowding, its violence and its suspicious deaths. Finally, after reading the 13 charges, including conspiracy and violation of the anti-racket law, also the filing with the number P01135809 and the physical characteristics: «White male, 1.92 cm tall, weighing 97 kilos, blond or strawberry hair, eyes blue".
In the end, without making the show everyone expected given that he himself had chosen to set himself up in prime time to maximize the media effect, he got back on his jet. Just a few words on the track before setting off again: «I didn't do anything wrong. It's a very sad day for America. What has happened is a travesty of justice, election interference, we have never seen anything like this in this country. Before disembarking, however, he had attacked the "despicable prosecutor of the radical left" Fani Willis, accusing her of unjustly prosecuting him and not the crime in his city.
On 5 September he will have to reappear for the hearing in which he will have to plead guilty or not. In the meantime, the first trial of one of the 18 defendants indicted together with Trump will begin on October 23. Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee has in fact accepted the request for a rapid hearing advanced by Kenneth Chesebro, one of the lawyers accused of having orchestrated the plan for the false voters. The prosecutor had proposed the same date for all the defendants but the judge explained that at the moment he will only speed up the one for Chesebro. In that case it will be a pilot process, a precedent for all other correi.
(Unioneonline/D)