Trump prepares for mug shot ahead of Georgia election trial
By Rich McKay and Andy Sullivan
ATLANTA (Reuters) -Donald Trump is set to make history on Thursday as the first former U.S. president to submit to a mug shot when he appears at an Atlanta jail to face criminal charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia.
Hours before his expected evening jail appearance, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who brought the charges, proposed in a court filing to start the trial on Oct. 23, an accelerated timeline for a sprawling case that includes 18 defendants alongside Trump. Trump's lawyer quickly opposed that date.
Trump, 77, already has entered uncharted territory as the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges, though the four cases filed against him have not slowed his momentum as the front-runner in the race for the Republican nomination to run against Democratic President Joe Biden in next year's election.
Now the businessman-turned-politician who for years hosted a reality TV show is due to join the ranks of gangster Al Capone, crooner Frank Sinatra and other high-profile Americans who have posed for jailhouse photographs.
The image is certain to be circulated widely by Trump's foes and supporters alike.
«We want to put it on a T-shirt. It will go worldwide. It will be a more popular image than the Mona Lisa,» said Laura Loomer, 30, a Republican former congressional candidate who mingled with other Trump supporters outside the jail on Thursday morning.
One of the most recognizable people in the world, Trump has not had to submit to a photo in the other three cases. But fake mug shots have circulated online since shortly after he was first indicted in Manhattan in March on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star ahead of the 2016
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