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He is in significant legal trouble. and so whether he thinks this is more of a political thing that he needs to massage or not, as a lawyer, he needs to stand down and really focus on his defense because he is facing serious allegations that could end him up with serious time in prison. and that mug shot is not going to really mean anything at the end of the day if he's locked up. >> you know georgia so well, if trump is convicted on these charges, in state court, if it doesn't get moved to federal, would he go to that jail first? >> yeah. >> that one? >> yes. he would be held there until they...

To appear at that hearing on monday is georgia's secretary of state brad rafensberger. meadows was reportedly on the line during that now infamous trump phone call to raffensperger about finding some 11,000 more votes for trump follow the 2020 election. joining us now laura jarrett, nbc news senior correspondent, and luke broadwater, congressional reporter. laura, let's get to the breaking news that just happened during that commercial break, that one minute that we had which is another person just turned themselves in. this is trevian kutti. >> one of the final folks we were waiting to see. t...

For that, no problem? >> listen, after 25 years of experience in that office, and having worked personally with fani willis, i can tell you that her team is ready and prepared to go. they were ready for trial when the indictment was handed down. those folks have got their witnesses lined up, and they have got their trial notebooks all set and when october comes, they'll be prepared. and a bit of quick insight. the fact that there are 19 people on this indictment, under rico, this is not unprecedented for this office. d.a. willis and myself, a few years ago, had a rico case in which 35 individu...

Co-defendants with meddling in the 2020 georgia presidential election loss. on thursday, the district attorney filed a motion requesting a trial date of october 23rd, 2023. that date was set after kenneth chesebro, the co-defendant, considered the architect of the fake electors plot, requested a speedy trial as his right. his trial is set to begin on that date. and more activity overnight as the co-defendants continue to turn themselves in, including former department of justice official jeffrey clark. two co-defendants remain and they have just hours left to surrender. fani willis has given t...

Election officials in georgia, namely ruby freeman, who had been subject to a lot of harassment, and she was on tape, and again, part of the group that was pressuring her to sort of change her story, to admit that she had done something wrong when, in fact, she had not one. one of the charges she's facing is putting pressure on those election officials and that's the gist of the charge against her by the district attorney identifies. i don't know that she had a bond agreement ahead of time, and you see the people who have had to stay in that prison for more than 15 minutes are the people who h...