Donald Trump's three gestures of regret as he made impromptu speech
Former President Donald Trump surrendered on Thursday for a fourth time this year - on charges of plotting to overturn the state's 2020 election results.
It led to the first-ever mugshot of a former US president - something that Trump's team had reportedly spent weeks negotiating on.
As word spread that Trump was on his way, demonstrators near the main entrance on the Rice Street side of the jail lined security barricades two to three deep.
Many in the crowd wore pro-Trump T-shirts and waved large flags, including one that proclaimed “TRUMP WON.” Shortly after 6 p.m., U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican and a staunch Trump defender, spoke briefly to the crowd.
“I'm telling you right now, regular Americans are watching this, and they are disgusted and they're outraged,” she told reporters shortly before Trump's arrival.
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The former president made a short speech to media gathered outside his private plane.
He started by saying: "It's a very sad day for America that should never happen".
“What has taken place here is a travesty of justice. We did nothing wrong. I did nothing wrong, and everybody knows that,” Trump insisted.
“What they’re doing is election interference,” he added, in a nod to his ongoing campaign to return to the White House in the 2024 polls.
"We did nothing wrong at all, and we have every right, every single right, to challenge an election that we think is dishonest.”
He declined to answer shouted questions from the press, including about whether he would pardon himself if he is again elected president.
But it seems Trump was more affected by the charges - or having his mugshot taken - than he left on as he became the first-ever president to do something no other has ever done — surrender for booking on criminal charges and have a mug shot taken.
Body language expert Judi James has told the Mirror how Trump indicated signs of regret on the tarmac as he greeted the media.
She told the Mirror: "Boarding his plane looking solitary and presidential, he first strode towards the cameras grim-faced and sullen, taking a deep breath of regret as he lifted his chin to speak.
"This was a smart and powerful version of Trump with no apparent signs of nerves or fear. He performed another gesture or regret with a mouth shrug and a preening, alpha gesture as he pulled his jacket together and puffed his chest.
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"His message ‘I did nothing wrong’ came with four rituals of protested innocence as he threw his arms out like wings.
"His palms-to-camera gesture was another denial signal before he climbed the steps of the plan and threw one last thumbs-up to his audience."
The probe by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis began shortly after the release of a recording of a Jan. 2, 2021, phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which the then-president suggested that Raffensperger could “find 11,780 votes” — just enough to overtake Joe Biden.
Trump, a Republican, has described his phone call to Raffensperger as “perfect" and has portrayed the prosecution by the Democratic district attorney as politically motivated.
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