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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
this. good evening. i m rachel maddow here at msnbc as we begin special coverage of the arrest and booking of former republican president donald trump at the fulton county jail in atlanta, georgia. a historic, historic moment in american politics and 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 things about having official business to conduct at a jail is that they re open 24/7, 365 days a year. your local jail, they never close. so tonight s events were effectively scheduled at the convenience of the former president himself. he could have come in at any time, as long as it was before noon tomorrow. for whatever reason, he chose tonight. perhaps not coincidentally in primetime, less than 24 hours after all the other candidates running a
the vote of the people determining who the president of the united states is, or instead, violence and forced determining. as alleged in this indictment, he chose the latter. and he failed at it. and now the country and federal government will attempt to hold him criminally responsible for what he tried to do. for that alleged felony criminal conspiracy. we of course have been expecting this indictment for a long time but it is no less stunning for having been foreshadowed for so long. this is a federal criminal indictment of the former president for trying to overturn an election and keep himself in power. the indictment also describes six unindicted coconspirators. five of the six of them, lawyers, primarily those who crafted the bogus legal arguments that underpinned trump s alleged attempts to undermine the electoral process. i say that because there s been interesting efforts within the legal profession to essentially police itself, and without accountability of various