Donald Trump posted his mugshot on X, formerly known as Twitter, Thursday evening following his arrest and booking at Fulton County Jail for election charges—marking Trump’s return to the social media platform that helped launch his political career, after a years-long absence that began after the January 6 riot.
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Donald Trump has made his return to the platform formerly known as Twitter.
On Thursday, the former president turned himself at the Fulton County jail on over a dozen charges related to his efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. Over the last five months, Trump has faced criminal charges in four separate cases, but the most recent booking was the first and only time his mugshot was taken.
Trump was permanently banned from the platform on January 8th, 2021, with the company citing a “risk of further incitement of violence” after his supporters stormed the US capitol.
https://t.co/MlIKklPSJT pic.twitter.com/Mcbf2xozsY
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2023
Since then, Trump has started his own social media platform, Truth Social, and Twitter has rebranded after Elon Musk purchased the company, stating that he plans to turn it into an “everything app” called X. Trump has also announced that he’ll be running for president in 2024. Trump first posted the image of his mugshot on Truth Social earlier Thursday evening.
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