very spot, saw his motorcade zoom past. he went in at 7:35, came out at 7:56. those were the times the motorcade came in and out of the gates. we re talking 21 minutes or so on the compound. less than 20 minutes inside the building. so when you consider the fact that, willie, if you or i or any other person were to be booked into the county jail here at fulton county, it can run from 12 hours or so to get in, get out, get fingerprinted, really go through much of the same process we saw from the former president last night. the fact that he spent less than 20 minutes inside the building is stunning. it shows just how expedited this process was. we were speaking with some people here who work inside the jail. they said this is the fastest booking they ve ever seen, and understandably so. that s what happened on the inside. we know he took a mug shot, was fingerprinted. he also had his booking information entered. now, what was interesting is we actually saw the booking information pop in
talking about this right now. they try to talk about the political side of it. they try to talk about what they heard on tv last night. they try to talk about what so-and-so s hot take was on twitter. you know, every lawyer i ve talked to at this point says, the only question is, is donald trump going to do a deal, or is donald trump going to end up in prison? the only political question is, if he doesn t do a deal, a universal deal, and he ends up in prison, will the republican party nominate somebody and elect somebody while they re in jail, or will they choose a different path forward? it s pretty stark. again, these lawyers i talk to, again, republicans and democrats alike, you know, they say he can pose, he can preen, he can say whatever he wants to say. at the end of the day, the walls
view? the thing i really appreciate about the georgia case is that we will all get to see it live, unfold on television. this is so important because, willie, we ve seen so many lies, so much misinformation coming out from donald trump that the facts have got to remain front and center. the lie that i heard last night, and i just want to read it if i can, this is what donald trump told reporters after his booking. when you challenge an election, you should be able to challenge an election. what he left out here is the appropriate venue to challenge elections are courts of law. they tried that and lost. some 60 times in georgia and across the country. yeah. they also had recounts, hand recounts in georgia. then what donald trump goes on to do is try to persuade conservative republican leaders in the state of georgia to go along with his elicit campaign. to their credit, they said, no,
moment for the nation. still ahead on morning joe, we ll have much more in-depth analysis of donald trump s georgia arrest throughout the morning. plus, russian president vladimir putin is weighing in on the purported death of ally-turned-enemyprigozhin, and what he is saying about the wagner military chief. what we re learning about the plane crash that reportedly killed him. also ahead, a long-time republican strategist says if trump is the nominee and democrats and independents keep defecting, he is sunk and so is his party. we ll hear from karl rove s new piece. you re watching morning joe. we ll be right back. i m your overly competitive brother. check. psych! and i m about to steal this game from you just like i stole kelly carter in high school.
that, you know, they re believing trump s bravado, where when he shows up on right-wing talk shows, you just have to look at the whole vision of last night. of the entire secret service flying him in his plane to fulton county, then following him down the highway. god knows how much that cost in taxpayer dollars, by the way. he had to show up. because if he didn t show up, they would come and get him. he knew that. that mugshot is proof that the law is where things stop for donald trump, one way or another. he is dealing with consequences now. it may take time, as experts will say. the law works slowly. but it is now right in front of donald trump s face. he has to face it. he had to show up, and that s what we saw last night. it was a big moment and a sad