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'We have mugshots ready for you,' Georgia sheriff says ahead of possible Trump indictment (www.businessinsider.com)

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Former President Donald Trump would be treated like anyone else if he is charged in Georgia, Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat declared on Tuesday.

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[-] MicroWave@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

Labat's comments underline the intense public interest in the possible mugshot of a former president, a photo that historians previously predicted would quickly become one of the most famous images in recent memory. Trump's own campaign created a fake mugshot after he was arraigned in New York for an alleged hush money scheme.

[-] teft@startrek.website 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well he did always want to be on the cover of Time. I think his mug shot would be appropriate.

[-] jtk@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 1 year ago

OJ, Saddam, Trump.

[-] macrocephalic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Hitler

[-] FilthyHands@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 year ago

No mugshot please. He will use is on his campaign. A prison intake photo is acceptable, however.

[-] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago

"This isn't fair! I'm not being given preferential treatment!"

[-] d4rknusw1ld@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

“LOCK HER UP!”

Those shirts coming out of storage with a solid sharpie.

[-] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I’ll just scratch out the R and...

“LOCK HE UP!”

…close enough!

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Imagine if this is what finally gets him that Time Person of the Year issue he's always wanted. And they use the mugshot.

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I will take said photo and frame it.

[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Hillary has to be laughing her ass off right now.

[+] Jcb2016@kbin.social -48 points 1 year ago

Each one of these people/counties/judges is waiting for the time they can actually get a mugshot of Trump or have him in actual handcuffs. what a shit show!

[-] CapgrasDelusion@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This stupid response is why I hate the quote from this article. It will be taken out of context (it already is in this post) so these people can make it sound personal and frame it as such. Just take the mugshot and when challenged say you're treating him like everyone else, don't crow about it beforehand.

Having said that I don't think acting like an adult will have an impact on people like jcb2016 so maybe I'm wrong.

The guy hoarded nuclear secrets, attack plans, DEFENSE plans, ordered people to "find" votes. As an old guy who unfortunately was once a Reagan republican the GOP acting like this is mind blowing to me. The man is a traitor.

[-] 1chemistdown@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

This is the natural progression from Reagan tho.

[-] CapgrasDelusion@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

First, some of you seem to be missing the word "unfortunately" in my comments and in my defense I was young and raised that way. Second, social policy wise yes but am I/others not allowed to learn, grow, and change? It is not a natural progression just a likely one, again unfortunately. Third, sucking Russia's dick and selling US intelligence? Fully bonkers. Opposite of natural in my personal opinion.

[-] 1chemistdown@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

I wasn’t dunking on you once being a Reagan republican, my comment was towards your statement of “the GOP acting like this is blowing my mind.” And yes, we are allowed to learn and grow. That is a good thing that should happen. But, and we’re going to disagree here, it is definitely the natural progression. The southern strategy gave us so much craptastic politics, but number one in that is courting the lowest denominator in the hateful south. Breeding that throughout the party and filling it with the cocaine fueled parties of the ‘70s and ‘80s. This is the shit that created Limbah, Gingrich and the rest. The Koch family had been feeding and fomenting everything wrong with where we are before Reagan and still use Nixon and Reagan to this day as starting points for enshittification of our country. As a kid when Reagan was elected and an “adult” when he left office, I could tell where this bs was going. When you court people based on their worst qualities, you can only go down from there.

[-] CapgrasDelusion@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Zero disagreement. I think you're using "natural" where I would use "intended." Cheers.

[-] 1chemistdown@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Cheers back.

[-] Oderus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Upvoted for having an adult conversation.

[-] evatronic@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Right? Reagan was just as petulant and vindictive. He happened to have an absolutely perfect enemy in "the communists" and riled enough people up to stay in office for 8 years. We can be thankful that, so far, Trump has just been far, far stupider than Reagan when it comes to committing crimes.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

So you think all of this investigation and the resulting indictments and court cases are entirely fabricated? Would you mind explaining how you arrived at that conclusion?

[-] Oderus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

You won't get a serious reply but it's a good question to ask.

[-] Adeptfuckup@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Your comment is a shit show. FFS man. What now?

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