MEAWW.COM / NEWS / POLITICS

Donald Trump's inmate numbers could be the digits that define the 2024 presidential elections

Donald Trump faces 13 felony counts, including racketeering, which is typically used to target organized crime

ATLANTA, GEORGIA: Former US President Donald Trump who was apprehended on Thursday, August 24, on conspiracy and racketeering charges, was given the inmate number 'P01135809' by the Fulton County Jail. The billionaire's height was listed as six foot three inches (1.9m), his weight as 215 pounds (97kg) and his hair color mentioned as 'Blonde or Strawberry'. 

According to the Straits Times, it was Donald Trump’s fourth arrest this year and the first time that a former US president had his mugshot taken. However, after 20 minutes, the front-running Republican candidate in the 2024 presidential election race walked out of jail after having posted bail of $200,000 (S$271,300) in advance.

What charges does Trump face?

As per the Fulton County Jail records, an un-smiling Trump was photographed glaring at the camera in the mug shot. He spent merely about 20 minutes at the prison before he returned back to his New Jersey golf club.

Before boarding his private plane at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport, he repeated that the prosecution, along with the others he faces, is politically influenced. 

In the Georgia case, Trump faces 13 felony counts, including racketeering, which is typically used to target organized crime, for pressuring state officials to reverse his election loss and setting up an illegitimate slate of electors to undermine the formal congressional certification of Biden's 2020 victory.

Trump had a massive followers of 88 million when he was banned by Twitter, now known as X, following the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol by a mob of his supporters. However, on Thursday, he used the social media platform for the first time since 2021. Trump uploaded a photo of the mug shot with the words, "ELECTION INTERFERENCE! NEVER SURRENDER!"

What did Trump say after his arrest?

Trump spoke to the reporters following his arrest where he said that it was a "very sad day for America." "What has taken place here is a travesty of justice," Trump said before adding "I did nothing wrong." He also posted a mugshot on his own Truth Social platform with the caption “Election Interference” and a link to his campaign website.

Who else was arrested?

The Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis filed the racketeering case and had set a deadline of Friday noon, August 25, for Trump and the other 18 defendants to surrender. So far the former president and 11 others have turned themselves in. 

Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows surrendered on Thursday and was released on $100,000 bond. Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, who served as Trump's personal lawyer when he was in the White House and strenuously pushed the false claims that Trump had won the 2020 election, was booked and released on Wednesday. 

John Eastman, the former Trump attorney was instrumental in some of Trump’s efforts to remain in power, notably for writing a memo that argued the former president could keep his seat if then-Vice President Mike Pence overturned the election results during a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021. Eastman surrendered on Tuesday and has since been released on a $100,000 bond.

Sidney Powell was proudly one of Trump’s most involved lawyers when it came to filing lawsuits across the country challenging the results of the 2020 election. Prosecutors said Powell was one of many who met conservative attorney Lin Wood “for the purpose of exploring options to influence the results of the November 2020 elections in Georgia and elsewhere.”

Powell surrendered Wednesday on a $100,000 bond.

Jenna Ellis, former Trump attorney, vocally pushed lies about voter fraud, even after the 2020 hearing by Georgia state lawmakers. She also wrote two memos arguing that Pence should ignore the electoral college votes from certain battleground states, like Georgia. Ellis surrendered on Wednesday on a $100,000 bond.

Kenneth Chesebro, who served as counsel for the Trump campaign, worked after the election to implement a plan to have 16 Georgia Republicans sign a certificate falsely stating that Trump won the race, and declaring themselves the state’s qualified electors. He surrendered Wednesday on a $100,000 bond.

Georgia lawyer Ray Smith was involved in multiple lawsuits challenging the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. He helped gather witnesses to testify on nonexistent voter fraud during the 2020 Georgia legislative hearing on the election. He surrendered Wednesday on a $50,000 bond.