Good morning. Welcome, Axios today. It's Friday, August 25th. I'm Nailibu. Today, the

state of play with GOP presidential nominees, plus the rise of right wing pop music. But

first, former president Trump surrenders in Georgia. That's today's one big thing.

Former president Donald Trump turned himself into the Fulton County Jail yesterday evening

for his fourth arrest this year. This time, he was booked on 13 state felony charges for

his interference in the 2020 presidential election. Tomorrow, Hallermann, from the Atlanta

Journal Constitution, has been covering this story since the beginning. Hi, Tamar. Welcome

to Axios today. Thanks for having me. Tamar, what has it been like in Atlanta for this

arrest? It's really felt like a circus on the ground here in Atlanta. There's a flood

of national media that's been here since the indictment and really hasn't left. And

then in recent days, the crowd has moved over to the Fulton County Jail, which is in a

more low-income and industrial part of the city in Northwest Atlanta. And then when Trump

came in media from all over the world, protesters, supporters of the president who wanted to

show that they felt like this was a partisan witch hunt and counter protesters who feel

like they're elated that there's some accountability for the former president.

Tamar, is the process the former president went through the same as everyone else's who

goes through that jail? Yes and no. On the one hand, he did have a medical test. He had

to deal with the issue of bond. He was fingerprinted and there was a mug shot, but at the same

time, having secret service protection and a motorcade coming from your private plane

with your name on it is not something that your normal person is going to go through.

There's also usually quite a bit of a weight for people who are getting booked at this jail.

They're waiting in a really crowded room filled with plenty of other people who are going

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