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WASHINGTON — The Post’s front page showing President Trump’s Georgia mug shot was spotted Thursday on a wall just outside the Oval Office — indicating the 45th and 47th president isn’t embarrassed by the snap and may even view it as motivation as he begins his second term.
The framed newspaper appears to be in the office of Trump’s secretaries — located between the Oval Office and the Cabinet Room. The space often serves as an entryway for guests walking into the Oval.
The surprising decorating choice was revealed during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit when the leaders were seated in front of the Oval Office’s fireplace — with the door behind Trump left open.
The August 25, 2023, Post cover shows Trump, now 78, giving a stern look as Fulton County authorities booked him on charges for challenging the 2020 election results.
Small wording at the bottom of the cover says, “Donald Trump glowers in the first mug shot ever taken of a former president after he was arrested on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 Georgia election.”
Trump’s decision to give the image a place of honor indicates he’s not ashamed of becoming the first-ever president subjected to a mug shot, which he was at the time believed to have dreaded.
The Fulton County case began to unravel when District Attorney Fani Willis, an elected Democrat, was exposed for having a secret relationship with attorney Nathan Wade, whom she hired to prosecute the then-ex-president.
That case was one of four lodged against Trump after he declared his intention to seek a non-consecutive term in the White House.
Trump was convicted last year on 34 felony counts in New York for falsifying business records to conceal 2016 hush-money payments and faced federal charges for challenging the 2020 results and for allegedly mishandling classified documents.
He is appealing the New York verdict and the remaining three cases are not proceeding.
Trump alleges that the cases amounted to “lawfare” by Democrats to derail his political movement.
