I wish they made Donald Trump take a mugshot

Michael Arceneaux
4 min readApr 4, 2023

Maybe the next indictment?

Photo: @mkraju/Twitter

Days before Donald Trump turned himself in, we were told that there would be no mug shot taken of the former president.

It seems New York State law only requires anyone charged with a felony to be fingerprinted, but as the New York Times confirmed with local officials, “law enforcement officials have discretion over whether they take a mugshot.”

They opted not to. Their logic is sound. Mugshots are meant to help identify fugitives. We know who that goofy fuck is.

And where is he going to go when by law, the Secret Service has to always be with him?

The paper also confirmed that the facility does not have the equipment necessary to take Trump’s mugshot.

Another bummer: there was a recently enacted New York law that effectively banned the release of most booking photos.

I would like to believe the photo would have leaked so I don’t respect the quitter attitude here.

Before this bad news came word that Trump wouldn’t be placed in handcuffs either.

And wasn’t their reporting that Trump turned down the original turn in date of last Friday?

I don’t take for granted how it’s a shock that Trump was arrested for anything.

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Michael Arceneaux

New York Times bestselling author of “I Can’t Date Jesus” and “I Don’t Want To Die Poor.”