this. good evening, i m rachel maddow. here on msnbc as we begin the special coverage of the arrest and booking a former republican president. donald trump at the fulton county don t atlanta georgia. historic, historic moment. in american politics, american, life and for all the worst reasons. he was indicted two weeks ago. he was given until noon tomorrow, noon friday to surrender or face arrest. he s expected to surrender tonight to be fingerprinted, to have his mugshot taken at the county jail. one of the unexpectedly convenient thinks about having official business to conduct out of jail is that they are open 24/7. 365 days a year. for local jail, they never close. so tonight s events were effectively scheduled at the convenience of the former president himself. he could ve come in at anytime, as long as it was before noon tomorrow. for whatever reason, he chose tonight. and perhaps not coincidentally in primetime. less than 24, hours after all the other candidates runnin
Or not these cases are separated from one another, so-called severed from one another, or if they are kept intact as a group of 19? look, it is up to the judge, that was correct and there will be motions to suffer. i would be shocked if anyone else asks for a trial in october. discovery, or the states, file they are not turned over until after the arraignment calendar in georgia. and they have even longer, being the state, and so they are asking for a speedy trial and they haven t even seen the states file. defense lawyers are going to ask for this case to be severed and i expect the judge will grant that request. robert james, former district attorney for georgia, invaluable to have you with us during this live coverage. thank, you thank you for cover house. we continue to watch this live image of the secret service motorcade as he speeds from the atlanta airport to the fulton county jail. no matter how many times you say, it doesn t last weird.
Out with donald trump as a client so the former president has a new georgia-based league defender as of today. it should also be noted that after one of trump s codefendants the lawyer kenneth chesebro invoked his right to speedy trial in fulton county. fulton county district attorney, the prosecutor in the case,, today, told the court that she is ready to take this case to trial right away. she told the court that she is ready to start a trial of all 19 defendants including trump together 60 days from today on october 23rd 2023, and i am no lawyer, but just under the laws of physics that seems but we really haven t been here before. so who knows if the restrictions that we think of are being applied to time and, space and still hold. here these are live shots, right, now trump is playing on the tarmac at hartsfield-jackson airport in
Whether he can move this out of state, quite into federal. quite a, and fani willis is calling it brad raffensperger to be a part of that. hearing and two other lawyers, or on the infamous january 2nd call with donald trump. she is amassing her people to make the case that mark meadows was absolutely not functioning in any sort of federal role when he was involved in, whatever we want to college. the potential racketeering down in georgia. and that he very much belongs in the state court. but you could see just with the speed at which he has called these witnesses to testify in this hearing that s not all happening on monday that she is not messing around. and by the way, she got it all locked away to. go and most people, who have come, in have bonded out immediately. and then we get there mugshots, and then their mugshot are famous. it s all over social media. and one guy did not find that immediately. i m not sure what if we can update. that but harrison floyd, he is the black ve
Put up the remainder that will assure that he does not flee. donald trump has already, i should mention, on social media been joking about fleeing to russia. not a great time. it s like making a bomb threat in an airport. if i can quote rachael on a big news night. when we lived through this whole era, you always say watch what they do, not what they say. he can joke about being above the system, we will see what facie makes if there is a mugshot released. you can do all this who are tricks that joy is talking about and we will cover and factor check it. but the action is to go down to georgia by the deadline and the reason is, if he waited past tomorrow, the dea said she would descend the police to apprehend him and he understands that the secret service will not interfere with the standing lawful arrest warrant. that they would step aside and he would be taken in the back