In particular, the county’s Democratic sheriff, Pat Labat, is practically giddy at the prospect of getting Trump's mugshot, but Donald's top attorney, Alina Habba, just took the wind out of Labat's sails.
From Western Journal:
“Unless somebody tells me differently, we are following our normal practices, and so it doesn’t matter your status, we’ll have a mugshot ready for you,” Labat said, according to WSB-TV.
Habba observed that county officials appear to be enjoying their power too much.
“Obviously you see that there’s, you know, a bit of an ego trip happening in Georgia where they’re saying that they’re gonna force him to have a mugshot,” Habba told “Fox and Friends.”
Indeed, the standard legal justification for taking a defendant’s photograph does not apply to Trump.
“The purpose of a mugshot is when you don’t recognize someone, [and] you think there’s a flight risk,” Habba said. “This man is the most famous person in the world, the leading candidate right now,” she added.
This is all such ridiculous political theater. These officials have to know deep down what a sham these indictments are, and you can clearly see, especially from statements like Labat's, that they're just playing up the drama to appeal to their base and whip the media into a frenzy.
