While Americans exhibit increasingly divergent viewpoints, the visage of former President Donald Trump remains universally recognizable. Whether one has grown weary of his presence or eagerly anticipates his every utterance, the public distribution of his mugshot following his indictment in Fulton County would do nothing to advance public safety or justice.
Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat said that, as with every other defendant, authorities will snap a mugshot of Trump at his expected arraignment. But thanks to reforms state lawmakers adopted in 2018, the mugshot won’t be posted on a government website and the policy prohibits fulfilling requests for mugshots from any private entity publishes them and then demands a fee from the individual to remove their mugshot. Nonetheless, Trump’s Georgia mugshot is subject to being released upon request to media outlets and any other entity that does not fall within this category.
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