Interview. defendant trump went down to georgia yesterday because he had to. in fact, rachel maddow and our team was discussing this just last night during the special coverage, that for all the bluster and the attacks on the prosecutors, what that physically represents, what the mug shot shows is their power on behalf of the government and the people, which this defendant surrendered to. that s happened at the state level yesterday and the federal level before that. that s a good thing because this is a nation of laws. it s not a good thing if you just want to be trolling or negative about someone you have a disagreement with. indeed, it s a free country. you can feel whatever you want. but as a system of justice, we do not want the criminal justice system to be some sort of effort at score settling or humiliation. quite the opposite. but right now, what he has subjected himself to shows who s in charge. it s not the defendants.