Donald Trump sends first tweet since 2021 with Atlanta jail mugshot

On Thursday night after being booked in on racketeering and election interference charges, ending a more than two-year-long hiatus from the platform formerly known as Twitter.
The 77-year-old former president posted a screenshot of a makeshift flyer that included his jail mugshot and a link to his campaign website.
" — , 2023," the flyer read. "ELECTION INTERFERENCE NEVER SURRENDER!"

was banned from Twitter in for the riot at the . In , polled Twitter users on Trump's possible return after he bought the platform. They voted to lift the former president's ban.
Trump initially refused to return to Twitter. He sent zero tweets for months while using his own platform, Truth Social, to make posts. When he finally returned on Thursday night, his new tweet racked up tens of thousands of likes, retweets and responses within minutes.
Trump was arrested and fingerprinted Thursday night in on attempted to overturn the 2020 election results in the state. While the arrest was Trump's fourth in a range of criminal cases across the country, it was the first time local authorities required him to take a mugshot.
The 45th president is also accused of in , illegally taking in and trying to overturn the election through the January 6 riot in .
Despite the various criminal charges, Trump retains a commanding lead in. He and his allies accuse prosecutors of staging "witch hunts" to prevent his return to office.