New York prosecutors are believed to be about to file an indictment against Donald Trump over a hush money payment to former adult film star Stormy Daniels. It would be the first time in US history that a president, past or present, would face criminal charges.
Many imagine, some with glee, what a Trump arrest would look like. Among them is Eliot Higgins, best known as the founder of the open source investigative journalism website Bellingcat. This week, Higgins used the AI Midjourney imager to depict Trump’s arrest. He shared 50 images on Twitterand they quickly went viral.
As a result, he said Wednesday, Midjourney appeared to have banned him from the service. Midjourney did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (The word “arrested” is now banned on the platform.)
Higgins, 44, told BuzzFeed News that he “has been playing around with various indications to see what’s possible and how complex you can make it. She asked Midjourney to capture what it would look like if Trump were swept by police on the streets of New York outside a building that looks eerily like Trump Tower, how their children would reactand what would life be like in jail.
