Donald Trump's 20-minute booking creates historic first: A mug shot of a former American president

Mr Trump’s surrender to law enforcement authorities has become by now a familiar election-season routine in a way that belies the unprecedented spectacle of a former president being booked, in four different cities, on felony criminal charges.

Booking photo of former president Donald Trump on Thursday after he surrendered and was booked at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta (Fulton County Sheriff’s Office via AP)

Former president Donald Trump surrendered on Thursday on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.

His 20-minute booking created a historic first: a mug shot of a former American president.