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
he s still got. it we heard nelly, we heard chloe bringing the house down. this has been an incredible show of talent. so many inspirational remarks honoring this federal holiday. it is now a federal holiday, juneteenth. and it s all about freedom. we are back with juneteenth on cnn. i m sara sidner along with van jones. it just keeps getting better and better. there are moments from now where we will talk to some of the folks that you saw on the stage. some of the headliners, kurt franklin, big freedia the members of swv. we will hem it up with them. i m proud to be an american. i am proud of kurt. it s an unbelievable show. you have the young folks. i guarantee people who had never heard of chloe, they now know who she is. i ll tell you what, charlie. he has still got it. he brought the house down. i love seeing people who love their craft and can do it for their entire lives. it s beautiful. now, speaking of a little surprise, a little coolness, a little duet, we saw s
this world. and specifically america. it s the fact that ta-nehisi coates it is working on the superman it s been reported, but yes, i agree. it s like one really good thing for us all to hang on to. this week. it s always good to see you my friend. thank you at-home for being here. there s been a ton of movement in the two sprawling criminal investigations into former president donald trump. ones that are being conducted by special counsel, jack smith. those two investigations are of course trump s squirreling away of classified documents at his mar-a-lago beach club. and trump s efforts to subvert american democracy and overturn the 2020 election results. today, eli then b c reporters spotted conservative activist, tom fitting going into the d.c. federal courthouse with the grand jury along with the doj prosecutor who works for the special counsel. fifth, in is the president of judicial watch, the ultraconservative outfit that enjoys suing the federal government to qu
and trump s efforts to subvert american democracy and overturn the 2020 election results. today, eli then b c reporters spotted conservative activist, tom fitting going into the d. c. federal courthouse with the grand jury along with the doj prosecutor who works for the special counsel. fifth, in is the president of judicial watch, the ultraconservative outfit that enjoys suing the federal government to quote unquote, stop government corruption. we don t know which grand jury tom fit in was a close trump ally. which line he appeared today, because tom fit and has the dubious distinction of being of interest to prosecutors in both special counsel and instigations. on the january six front, a few days before the election tom fittin, drafted a statement from then president trump declaring, trump had won the election. even though that election hadn t happened yet. here is how january six committee member, zoe lofgren described the memo this past october. the draft statement, wh
Hip-hop culture that he somehow broke into before people understood just what a vile, racist, anti democracy buffoon he was. this is the booting of the american presidency. this should not be happening. and i think that while we should be glad that the criminal justice system works the same way for, him that it does for a group of rappers in atlanta who, the same lady fani talk what is heard, a funny type will. is someone who use her full name. her full government name, if she was going to treat a group of hip pop artist like again, she needs to treat them like again. because there are. going and they re sharing lives. there you go. so one of the things that s important on this point about well been being a symbol of ostentatious wealth, the big private plane is part of this and his self proclaimed billionaire status is a major, major part of his political heft in this country as well as