A copy of Donald Trump’s mug was photographed on the cover New York Post Surrounded by offices just outside the oval office.
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Just outside the oval office is decorated with framed photographs of President Trump’s mug shots, as shown on the cover of a New York tabloid.
The image showing Trump scooping the camera for a booking shot at Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail has become a symbol. That booking photo was taken for a Georgia incident related to his efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential election results. Experts say many Trump supporters are seeing dozens of felony convictions against the president in another New York case as part of a facility’s ploy to curb their grievances. .
“When Trump’s Mugshot was released in August 2023, he and his supporters quickly embraced it, and it was a really general feature of Trump-themed products and Trump’s favourable memes. It’s now,” said Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
“I think the reason he accepted it was because he wanted to underestimate a legal battle with him. I believed it was a plot designed to defeat him,” Finnegan said. . “And whether it’s true or based on the law, such an approach really animates the base.”
In Georgia, where the mugshot was taken, Trump is still accused of charges related to efforts to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
He ultimately counts 34 felony in New York, a counterfeit business record tied to a quiet money payment of $130,000 to adult movie star Stormy Daniels to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. And they were convicted separately. Trump was then discharged unconditionally against his criminal conviction. This means he will not face any fines, prisons or other penalties.
The New York state case was the only Trump criminal case to be tried. Federal prosecutors have suspended two other criminal cases against Trump after winning the 2024 election.
Trump is the first president to be convicted of criminal charges – sitting or otherwise – his proud exhibit of mugshot makes his latest example of ignoring political norms I won’t do that.
“I think the hanging of his own mugshot framed outside his office requires understanding that Trump has his nose at the convention,” Finnegan said.
“It’s really important to note that he’s sending political signals by doing this, and that he understands that people are not constrained by legal treaties in this presidency. “We are confirming that,” Finnegan said, pointing to Trump’s drastic and legally complicated enforcement order.
Trump isn’t the only politician to take advantage of scandals. Former Texas governor Rick Perry commercialized photos from his mug after being accused of abusing his position as governor.
But the growing willingness to embrace controversy doesn’t work on democratic health, according to Brandon Lottintin House, a professor of political science at the University of Houston.
“The scandal doesn’t have the same sanctions as before,” Lottingaus said. “The loss of political scandal means there is a loss of accountability. A scandal is like a canary in a coal mine. If the scandal is not important, it loses the trigger mechanism that indicates that the system is flawed. .”
