Donald Trump admitted on Thursday that being booked into the infamous Fulton County jail was ‘a terrible experience’, and complained that the jail officials ‘insisted’ he have a mugshot taken.
The 77-year-old made history by becoming the first former president to pose for a mugshot after his arrest for trying to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia – and he shared the image on X, the platform formally known as Twitter.
As he flew home to New Jersey, Trump called Newsmax host Greg Kelly and complained about the day’s events.
‘A terrible experience,’ he said.
‘I came in, I was treated very nicely. But it is what it is.
‘I took a mugshot. I had never heard the word mugshot. They didn’t teach me that at the Wharton School of Finance.’
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He told Fox News Digital that it was ‘not comfortable’.
‘They insisted on a mugshot and I agreed to do that,’ he said. ‘This is the only time I’ve ever taken a mugshot.
‘It is not a comfortable feeling – especially when you’ve done nothing wrong.’
He told Fox and Newsmax the booking was part of ‘election interference’.
‘It was a very sad experience, and it’s a very sad day for our country.’
Trump’s height of 6ft 3 and weight of 215lbs were recorded and, as part of the booking process, he was given a prisoner identification number: P01135809.
He was then released on payment of 10 percent of his $200,000 bail, having spent less than 20 minutes inside the infamous facility.
He told Newsmax host Greg Kelly it was ‘an experience I never thought I’d have to go through,’ but added it was his fourth time.
‘In my whole life I never knew anything about indictment, but now I’ve been indicted like four times.
‘And all by the radical left. And in coordination, absolute coordination, with the Justice Department.’
Trump told Kelly that the prosecutors in Georgia were ‘maniacs’, describing them as ‘vicious animals’.
He said he did not recall meeting many of the 18 indicted alongside him.
Whether he has met them or not is irrelevant to the charges.
‘I don’t even know that I’ve met a lot of these people – but some I do,’ he said.
‘And their lives are destroyed by these maniacs.
‘These are animals, these are vicious animals that have destroyed the lives of these people.’
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