have not shown up and we believe that the last count, there were around seven who have not checked in or surrendered and many of them are made which would cause a lesser profile defendants in the high—profile ones we have seen for the most part, they're coming in the been checked in at the mug shots taken but for whatever reason, there are still a few who need to trickle and and you may assume that if you wanted to avoid the limelight in the spotlight, you might want to show up after the former president is already arrived in the media circus is gone and you left your cameras on you and you join to come in at midnight, that is a possibility as well. a handful of people out of the 19 have yet to surrender they have to do so by the deadline tomorrow and if they do not, they will then be arrested and forcibly brought here to the jail where they go to the same process. that is not something you would want to have happen if you are
search that is conducted by a jail deputy although in the past high profile defendants who have voluntarily surrendered have been able to forego that body search. a medical screening and pretrial consultation to determine whether it's appropriate for someone to be released without bond. here's what the sheriff had to say about the nature of this case. >> our goal is to treat everybody equally. if you're indicted, we going to treat you as though you were indicted here locally so we will continue to do fingerprints, mug shots, et cetera in the safest possible fashion. >> reporter: it is much more likely that this process will still be conducted much more swiftly for these co-defendants just due to the high profile nature of some of them, including mark meadows, a former chief of staff, and also due to all of the safety concerns involved with transporting somebody that is a former president of the united states.
you were there yesterday watching from the overflow room. there was a real difference that you felt between the way the court employees, the bailiffs, were behaving toward the former president. >> garrett there in miami. i was in the overflow room. they were much different proceedings. trump did not speak in miami. magistrate kept it light and loose in miami and made jokes. there seemed to be more of a feeling that this was a big deal, a big show. yesterday was all business. they do this kind of thing in that courthouse all the time with high profile defendants. it did not deviate from standard procedure. donald trump was addressed by the magistrate directly. he was kept waiting for 15 minutes. how often is a president or former president kept waiting? not very often. in this case, he was. >> one difference is this is a case where there's easy to understand victims. they live in the city. many are in that court either in the overflow room or perhaps in the room themselves.
member of his team, who gave a completely different dynamic of somebody who was loose and in control. the end of the hearing jack smith went up and patted on the back, threw his arm around the lead prosecutor who had been handling the hearing. just a very different dynamic. the other piece i found interesting, again, having covered new york, new york was such a first, you could not see across the courtroom. there were more law enforcement officers than there were other people in the courtroom. there was three or four law enforcement officers between me and any of the principles in any direction i looked. the federal court system, they handle these higher profile defendants far more often. this felt in a weird way, if not normal, something you could at least picture. it did not have that same sense of being a totally alien environment as we saw in new york. no word yet on when the next hearing is going to be, but -- >> garrett, i'm going to jump in -- >> just clearly a different
prosecute, high profile defendants with deep pockets. >> to head the public integrity section means you know how to navigate a way to build a case to leave no stone unturned, all with an eye insuring people view the investigation as nonpolitical. >> jack smith does have a bit of a mixed record. 1e6 rul of his high profile cases ended up fail, and he was involved in the indictment of senator bob menendez in new jersey that ended up in an aequipment, and that case got thrown out, and involved in the case of john edwards, and that case also failed. >> they don't want to lose, but that's one of the things that happens to the justice department sometimes. >> losses and failures that team trump has jumped on, tried to exploit and some might say, conflate. >> jack smith, he's a terrorists. he's a trump hater.
not the motivations were predicated upon hate, pred kaeted upon interference with religious ceremonies occurring at the time and simply saying that he was behaving in an irrational fashion and perhaps if they unhitetether the two th could potentially save his life. so it seems that is their intent. >> and speaking of the death penalty aspect of this case, the lawyer for the suspect, bowers, judy clark, she is known for representing some high profile defendants in death row cases. the boston marathon bomber, the unabomber, 1996 atlanta olympic bomber. does she have a pattern that might be playing out here as well? or that could be playing out here as well? >> yeah, two things are important. obviously those cases are very tragic unfortunates and just horrific to think about.
in control, where he says no, sir, thank you sir, yes, sir they wanted to exempt him from that the lawyers would be there to fight for him, but he wouldn't have to be there for the next hearing. this is a logistical item. it's not going to impact the resolution of the trial. but trump's lawyers i can report for you tonight, lost on that yesterday. because of the transcript i can tell you the judge swiftly rejects the entire trump request. quote, i expect all other defendants to appear in court, even high profile defendants in transparency and ensuring the rule of law even handedly, i'm going to deny your application end quote. denied it's that quick. now, a judge can take more time on larger questions of course. this is another way trump learned he is in a different arena. this isn't a congressional subpoena or a civil case where he can just drag out every step for months or more
cases, cases against high profile defendants. the place where bob morganthal assert for another 30 years, um, and a place that is next to the federal prosecutors, the most sophisticated, um, prosecutor's office in the country for things like racketeering, complex white collar crimes and. impressive cases with big name defendants with a reputation for impartiality. what you have here is, um, an interesting set of prosecutors, uh, based on alvin bragg, and that has made him a target for donald trump. but it's the office where where karin agness philo spent most of her professional career. and it is remarkable. i mean, i commented on this a moment ago, but he the many times he's come to new york as president. you know, you would expect to see dozens of police vehicles escorting the motorcade a motorcade pi three or four times
lot of schools are on spring break. he may have actually lucked out a bit with not having to go through two severe manhattan and new york city traffic right now. as we watch him make his way, laura, when it comes to what we're going to be watching for tomorrow, what is top of mind for you? what indicates to you that this is going to be a tough time for donald trump or that it's something he's well prepared for, his attorneys are, and they're going to get through this, you know, seemingly okay >> the logistics are one thing the logistics, obviously security officials are well prepared they have the experience for this they have done, you know, many cases involving high profile defendants in the past, and they know how to do their jobs when it comes to the security piece of it. as for the legal piece of it, which obviously we're all interested in, is what exactly is in that indictment that we are also eagerly awaiting to see
charges last fall, but you know again, this is just going to be an unprecedented event with a lot of security. and while this is an ordinary process, donald trump is, of course, an extraordinary defendant, boris fiona. and carol a quick follow up. do we know if all of this is going to play out on camera? is this arraignment going to be public? so all of this is still being worked out and what we're learning from sources within the administration system. they're trying to figure out the best parameters what they've done in the past, they will allow of cameras lining the hallways. it sounds like they're going to continue or at least try to follow that same pathway, so there will be cameras there that will catch donald trump walking down the hallway. other these high profile defendants. his former cfo alan weissberg, steve bannon. all taken that same walk. sometimes they've been handcuffed. and then sometimes they allow for a pool that just one photographer in the courtroom to catch those snapshots of donald trump's