seeks. >> lisa, that attack on institutions, special counsel jack smith has responded to trump's filings to hold him in contempt of court. how do you expect that power struggle between smith and trump to play out? >> i don't expect judge chutkan to rule for contempt. i think it was a silly and perhaps even important thing for objects mitt to continue to file a motion in that case while the case is state. that haven't been said, it's certainly not worthy of contempt. and the motion that trump filed, asking judge chutkan to hold him and others and his office in contempt was borderline hysterical and done solely for political purposes, not legal purposes. that motion is not going to be countenanced by that judge. but she was never the audience in the first place, alicia. >> another headline that caught my eye. nbc reporting that trump won't be able to use the, quote, idiot defense against his january 6th charges. talk me through that.