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Defiant Trump cashes in on historic mugshot

Eric Tucker, Kate Brumback and Jill Colvin
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Key Points

  • Donald Trump has surrendered to authorities in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • He faces 13 charges over alleged attempts to subvert the 2020 election results.
  • The Georgia case is the fourth indictment against the former president. 
  • The cases have complicated his latest run for the White House. 

Atlanta | A defiant Donald Trump insisted he did “nothing wrong” after he posed for a mugshot and surrendered to authorities in a Georgia jail on Thursday (Friday AEST) on charges of illegally scheming to overturn the 2020 US presidential election.

The booking photo instantly becomes part of the former president’s legacy as he confronts criminal charges in four American cities while seeking to reclaim the White House from President Joe Biden.

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