Former President Donald Trump's first tweet since the aftermath of the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot was his mug shot from Fulton County Jail. "ELECTION INTERFERENCE!" the post said. "NEVER SURRENDER!"
https://t.co/MlIKklPSJT pic.twitter.com/Mcbf2xozsY
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2023
But Trump "literally just surrendered to law enforcement," wrote former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti. "This is a picture of you, surrendering, my guy," quipped Crooked Media's Brian Beutler. Trump in an interview with Newsmax Thursday night described being booked in jail as a "terrible experience" even as he said he was "treated very nicely." Trump also claimed he'd "never heard the words 'mug shot' — they didn't teach me that at the Wharton School of Finance." Trump's campaign immediately started selling $47 t-shirts featuring his mug shot after he was booked. Donald Trump Jr. also promoted a series of Trump merch bearing his mug shot, vowing that all profits are "going to be donated to the Legal Defense Fund to fight the tyranny & insanity we're seeing before us. Unlike many, I won't try to profit from this but will do what I can to help."
