Cletus, look closely at Faucis hand gesture. Hes making the horns gesture. Doing it sideways.
He then wiggles his thumb at the reporter.
Lets not forget he is a New Yorker who is of Italian descent. Heres an explanation of the hand gesture:
https://comptonherald.org/ubiquitous-sign-horns-mysterious-code/
curses known as fukú.....Gee, I didn’t know I cursed people at least fifty times a day.