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
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
Are going around the country and people understand. you have jen ellis and others as rachael reported saying that we are not being funded, which creates the notion of the fissure, and then you have the legal president which i mentioned, which is a large scale rico cases in this county and others usually involve some convictions. so, what we all understand why it is so significant to watch here, the speaker defended donald trump get his booking. the fact that people understand and know that there is, shall we say, a consequence and more on the way i think that it definitely chills or, as a former prosecutor giuliani would say with the rico cases, a deter crime. we do have confirmation, as you see on your screen, that the former president did have a mugshot taken inside the jail. you see the motorcade starting to move here. trump has been taken into custody and then released in fulton county georgia. this is his federal motorcade, the secret service protection, and an inordinate number