immersed in constitutional law and the line of cases about presidential immunity, just at a lay level, just as a citizen to citizen kind of thing, as fellow members of this democratic polity, it just seems obviously the case that there has to be some kind of legal accountability, the possibility of it. if a former president who tried to steal an election is running for the white house again to finish the job, what self respecting republic wouldn't have a way of defending itself against an enemy such as that? and keep in mind, donald trump was sitting there the entire time, glowering, according to reporters in the room. the ex president looked dour, scribbling notes to his lawyers during the prosecutions presentation. it sounds like his message got through because toward the end of the proceedings we heard some particularly trumpian arguments from his attorney when responding to the plain truth put forward by jack smith 's team. >> that's not a frightening future. that's our republic.