less than five months. charged with a total of 91 felonies. joining us now, from the fulton county courthouse, in atlanta, msnbc legal analyst. lisa rubin. lisa, from the outside it looked like a remarkably choreographed in fairly undramatic processing. it was pretty speedy, in fact, from the outside. again, can you offers any detail about what might have happened in inside the jail as donald trump came in for his arrest? when donald trump came in for his arrest, alex, i think what s mostly remarkable about it, how unremarkable it was. except for the speed with which he was processed. which isn t something that isn t normal defendants might encounter. but he was fingerprinted, he obviously had his picture taken, and they ensured that he posted a bond, he referred earlier, to the negotiation of his bond through a bail bondsman. and the process was largely
it s a stress test of the system. and there s this weird duality when it comes to the former president for which processes are just like every other defendant. and which ones veer off course. like the mugshot today, it s the first time he actually had to go through the process just like everybody else. and then he has these other bail conditions, which are like, very bizarre. not being able to re-post with somebody else has posted. that s not a normal bill condition. it is a particular one that judges feel is necessary. and the prosecutors feels necessary. given his propensity, and what he s done in past cases. so, it s just remarkable to me, to sort of think about what has been off the charts bonkers in terms of this case and for cases being different. and what is, there s something just striking about having the former president have to go in a place that s being investigated by the justice department, a place that it is infected with bedbugs, right? what is more humbling than
the community, trump has spent, laura, the last few days, just on a tirade against atlanta. it s crime rate. a i won t use his words to describe the, city by that absolutely intersects with one of the present provisions he s not supposed to violate. i wonder, the judge in this case, i believe his name is scott mcafee, mcafee, 34 years old. but on the bench for a minute. literally appointed, sworn in, on february 1st. he is the newest of 19 judges at fulton county superior court. i mean, what do we know about him? what do we think about his ability to manage what is going to be a raucous case? we don t know much about. and he has been on the bench that long. certainly, never the case this big. even in his own practice as a former prosecutor. he s never had to do something like this. and as chris said, i think that what we re seeing, this entire display, not just, today but all four of these cases, it s a stress test.
again, it s absolutely unrelated to trump s individual fame. but it s about whether or not you see the application of criminal justice system to his alleged behavior. as something that is important about him, or what you see it is something that is important about the system. in terms of who s gone wrong. in terms of what s been twisted, what s unusual. how have we got to this moment? that narrative is very, very contested, even by people in the so-called normal republican party right now. party right now.
he was processed. which isn t something that isn t normal defendants might encounter. but he was fingerprinted, he obviously had his picture taken, and they ensured that he posted a bond, he referred earlier, to the negotiation of his bond through a bail bondsman. and the process was largely over, and donald trump returned to his, car and the motorcade left. it was a short proceeding. and a fairly undramatic. one for the fact that it even happened at all, you re not standing here at the fulton county courthouse, to my, right there s a parking garage, where someone has hung a sign that, says trump, 20 dash 2024 years. that, i think, encapsulates the intensity of opinion on one side, we ve also seen cars driving by, all the, along with people shouting things at us like, your pathetic. trump 2024. trump 2020. all day long. so, notwithstanding, how unremarkable his processing was, today was still a remarkable and historic day.