Former President Trump on Thursday posted a photo of his Fulton County mug shot on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter – his first post in two years.
Why it matters: It’s his first post on the platform, now called “X,” since Jan. 8, 2021 — and comes just after he surrendered in Georgia for his fourth criminal indictment.
Driving the news: Trump in the post included a link to his website and a photo of his mug shot. “Never surrender,” he wrote in the caption under the post.
- Trump surrendered to Fulton County authorities about two hours earlier on Thursday on Georgia criminal charges relating to his alleged efforts to subvert 2020 election results.
The big picture: The social media platform banned Trump’s account after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in response to the “risk of further incitement of violence,” it said at the time.
- Elon Musk, who took over the platform in October 2022, reinstated Trump’s account in November after posting a poll and millions of accounts voted in favor of reinstating the ex-president’s account.