ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump surrendered this evening on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, a 20-minute booking that yielded a historic first: a mug shot of a U.S. ex-president.
He was released on $200,000 bond and headed back to the airport for his return flight home to New Jersey, flashing a thumbs-up through the window of his sport utility vehicle as his motorcade left.
Unrepentant but subdued after the brief jail visit, he insisted as he repeatedly has that he “did nothing wrong” and called the case accusing him of subverting election results a “travesty of justice.”
“If you challenge an election, you should be able to challenge an election,” he told reporters on the airport tarmac before boarding his plane.
(Associated Press)