of the arrest warrant depends m against meadows. clark sought an emergency hold for anyone not turning themselves in before the friday deadline. the process is expected to be brief for trump and well shorter for most who turn themselves in here to this skjail. the sheriff is having to balance his pledge to treat all defendants the same while also keeping order in his jail on this historic day. nick valencia there for us, thank you. so on the debate stage full of experienced politicians, it was the new guy who took most of the heat. vivek ramaswamy. that is ahead. plus the mercenary chief who led a march against vladimir putin now presumed dead in a mysteriousiss tear yus plane cr. start your day with nature made.
would have the most recognizable people in the georgia case have about 38 hours to get there. after today a federal judge rejected a bid by former white house chief of staff mark meadows and that former justice department official jeffrey clark to avoid being arrested and booked in fulton county by a friday noon deadline to turn themselves in which now still applies. katelyn polantz from the fulton county courthouse in georgia. the judge is saying they have no choice but to show up now. how did he explain his decision? reporter: well, the judge s decision in this case, kaitlan, it s a federal judging right now weighing in on this state case that has been brought by the d.a., and that judge is saying essentially there is no law right now that the judge can see that would allow him to put on hold what s happening in the state system, in the state
sydney powell president trump won lie a land slide and we ll prove it. reporter: and jenna ellis. we want to make sure to protect election integrity. reporter: both face charges related to the georgia presidential election including violating georgia s anti-racketeering law. so far nine of trump s co-defendants have turned themselves in. and for two of them, former white house chief staff mark meadows and ex-justice department official jeffrey clark, their efforts to avoid arrest or surrender have come to an end. u.s. district court judge steve jones rejecting both emergency filings in two separate rulings to move their cases to federal court. meadows argued that he should be allowed to avoid processing in fulton county before his scheduled hearing monday. the judge writing in his decision, the clear statutory language for removing a criminal prosecution does not support an injection or temporary stay prohibiting district attorney willis enforcement or execution
demonstrators here supporting the d.a., fani willis. they have gotten into some verbal arguments with the trump supporters, which tell us the same thing we have heard from trump supporters throughout the entire process, that they are discrediting this indictment, all the indictments so far against the former president. and, again, the security presence the security situation here seems very under control. but, again, these barricades that were just put up, there is a parking lot where the media is set up, more barricades were put there earlier this morning. it is all an effort by the local officials here to try to maintain order here ahead of this surrender. which is, again, expected later today. this whole street also has been blocked off and we expect that to continue and for the security presence to be ramping up by the local authorities as we head closer to the former president s surrender in primetime tonight. and, laura, a federal judge denied the bid by former white house ch
himself in. and to surrender. it is unclear, kaitlan, if he is going to be successful. we know that former justice department official jeffrey clark is also making an attempt to do this exact same thing. and at this, point it is just unclear. but look, while this works itself out, the da has until tomorrow to respond. he likely, if he has to surrender, would do so on friday, when there is more clarity on what the federal courts think of this request. paula reid, great reporting. thank you. and, of course, i should note, no one who has been charged in fulton county and this case is yet to set foot, actually, in a courtroom. but we all are already seeing some very distinct game plans taking shape, in terms of their defense is legal strategies, and what those could look like. let s put this in football terms. mark meadows, paula mentioned him, and jeffrey clark are trying to run what is known as an and around by basically wanting to move their cases to a federal court and out of state c