- Ex-president vows to ‘never surrender’ after mugshot taken
- Defendants have until noon ET to turn themselves in
- Analysis: Trump’s mugshot defines modern US politics
In a sense Donald Trump’s surrender at the Fulton county jail on Thursday marks the end of a two-year chapter of investigating his efforts to lead a coup to overturn the 2020 election results. It also marks the beginning of the next chapter – the trials to convict him.
Still, it would be a mistake to assume that the mugshot and the spectacle of Trump’s surrender at jail on Thursday will harm Trump politically. Instead, it is only likely to more deeply entrench support from those who back Trump and believe he is being persecuted.
We have no personal feelings against those we investigate or prosecute and we should not express any.
