Donald Trump arrest highlights: Former US President released from Fulton County jail

As per reports, Donald Trump paid a $200,000 bond to be released from the Fulton County jail.

Other than Trump, 18 co-defendants also were indicted, among them being Rudy Giuliani, Trump's former personal attorney. The charges against Giuliani stem from alleged efforts to exert influence on local legislators over the result after the election. Additionally, Mark Meadows, who served as Trump's White House chief of staff, is also among those indicted.

“There’s a power to the still image, which is inarguable,” said Mitchell Stevens as quoted by AP. Stevens is a professor emeritus at New York University who has written a book about the place imagery holds in modern society and how it is supplanting the word.

“It kind of freezes a moment, and in this case it’s freezing an unhappy moment for Donald Trump," Stevens said. “And it’s not something he can click away. It’s not something he can simply brush off. That moment is going to live on. And it’s entirely possible that it will end up as the image that history preserves of this man.”

The Trump campaign has already begun to cash in on the former president’s mugshot, selling merchandise including T-shirts and long sleeve shirts for $34, a $25 coffee mug and $15 beer Koozies, according to New York Post. The tagline under the mugshot reads, “NEVER SURRENDER!” despite Donald Trump himself having surrendered on Thursday, August 25. 

The Fulton County Sheriff's office has said that seven more defendants in the Georgia case are likely to surrender tomorrow. "Officers will also continue to ensure a safe space for protestors," a statement by the Fulton County Sheriff's office said. "However, anyone who breaks the law will be arrested and face appropriate consequences". The statement added that "additional security" will remain in place at the Fulton County jail, according to the BBC. 

After being booked into Fulton County jail in Atlanta, Donlad Trump said  he “did nothing wrong.” “This is election interference. So I want to thank you for being here. We did nothing wrong,” the former president said, according to the Daily Mail. “We had every right, every single right, to challenge an election we think was dishonest.”

After Donald Trump's arrest, the Fulton County Jail’s record shows that the former president weighs 215 pounds at 6-foot-3. This would put him on par with most NFL quarterbacks, which was also pointed out by social media users.

The $200,000 bail stated that Donald's weight was 215 pounds and his height 6-foot-3, but a Washington Post report states that these numbers may not be “accurate." Donald was 30 pounds heavier at his last physical in the White House, and he claimed he was 6-foot-3 and 236 pounds in 2016. At the time, he also said he wished to lose 15-20 pounds. According to BetOnline, Donald weighed 276 pounds.

Even as Donald Trump's legal troubles mount, it is evident that his ability to draw eyeballs is unparallelled as evidenced by the lacklusture performance of GOP debate which he skipped. Eight of the top Republican presidential contenders took part in the forum. However, the debate lacked the audience draw of the candidate leading the field, Donald , who did not participate. he opted instead to sit for a pre-recorded interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, which was posted Wednesday, September 23, on X, formerly known as Twitter. Notably, only around 13 million people watched Fox's first GOP debate, whereas the interview with Tucker had 74 million views.

Donald Trump has said that he sympathises with his co-defendants in the Georgia elections case. “Those people that have been so unfairly dragged into this, these are high-quality people who don’t even know why they were brought in,” the former president said in an interview with Newsmax. 

“Those people have to be released. They have to be released from this horrible thing that they’re going through,” he added. Donald is one of 19 defendants charged in the indictment. 

President Joe Biden's campaign sent a fundraising email soon after Donald Trump surrendered. Without referring to today’s events in Fulton County involving Donald, the email, the subject line of which is ‘Apropos of nothing,' read, “I think today’s a great day to give to my campaign.”

The 41-count indictment charged several other allies and supporters of Donald, including attorney Rudy Giuliani, who surrendered yesterday. In an interview with Newsmax, Donald Trump defended Rudy, saying, "He’s the one, and we all are the ones that question the election. The ones they should go after [are] the ones that rigged the election."

Donald seemingly attcked prosecutors, saying, “These are animals. These are vicious animals that have destroyed the lives of these people.”

Soon after landing in Newark, Donald Trump revealed that he was “treated very nicely” during his booking. "I came in, I was treated very nicely," the former president told Newsmax host Greg Kelly. "But it is what it is. I took a mug shot. I never heard the words, 'mug shot,' that wasn't — they didn't teach me that at the Wharton School of Finance." He added, “It’s a very sad experience and it’s a very sad day. For me, this is a weaponized Justice Department.”

Donald Trump is the first US president in history to have a mugshot taken. Shortly after his mugshot went viral, the former president shared his own mushot on X (formerly Twitter)