Panicked CNN Urges Manhattan DA To Not Make Trump Mugshot Public Because It Will Make Him Even More Iconic

On Friday, far-left CNN guest David Axelrod urged the Manhattan DA to refrain from releasing a Trump mugshot to the public over fears that he will use it to turn himself into an “iconic” figure.

“One thing I want to say about how he [Trump] is handled on Tuesday, if I were the DA, if I were to advise him, and I’m not a lawyer, I’m a political strategist, but I would give him every courtesy that I could. I would certainly not handcuff him. I think he would love that picture,” Axelrod began. “I would make very sure that that booking photo is not released. He would turn it into t-shirts and turn himself into Che Guevara there as an iconic image,” he continued.

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Libs on CNN with the most unhinged Freudian slip of all time as they PANIC that if Trump's mugshot is made public it will expose their indictment as purely political.

They're worried about the *PR* aspect of imploding the US justice system into a Stalinist circus. pic.twitter.com/64hNkCvyZH

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 31, 2023

“I would just make sure that this goes down smoothly and that he is he is not made a spectacle of in on Tuesday because that will all play into his public relations strategy there. And the martyrdom….will play into his public relations strategy there,” he added.

Pro-Trump Fox News guest Pete Hegseth said something similar last night on Hannity,  saying that a Trump mugshot would be on “dorm rooms and t-shirts”:

Pete Hegseth says Trump’s mugshot will be on dorm rooms and tshirts. He’s not wrong 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/FTjILAoJ5r

— Clayton Keirns (@CKeirns) March 31, 2023

According to reports, Trump will be arraigned on Tuesday at 2:15pm EST:

Donald Trump’s court hearing has been set for 2.15pm ET (7.15pm BST) on Tuesday, April 4, a court spokesperson has confirmed, as it emerges he faces more than 30 charges.

Sources close to the investigation have revealed that Trump has been charged on more than 30 counts related to business fraud in the indictment issued on Thursday, according to reports. The specific charges have not been publicly released as of yet, and it is still unclear when this will happen..

Meanwhile, a deal has been struck between Trump’s legal team and prosecutors in Manhattan that the former President will not be handcuffed when he surrenders as he plans to; a scene which will usher in the unprecedented scenario of a former US commander-in-chief seen being arrested and arraigned.

Trump’s lawyer, Joe Tacopina, told ABC: “[Trump] will not be put in handcuffs. I’m sure they’ll try to make sure they get some joy out of this by parading him.”

Stay tuned for more as this story continues to develop…