Understatements of the year. right. same exact point. those are all minute to say this was a tough job. it doesn t go to this legal question of whether one, he has enough of a defense federally to be in federal court, and two, the real heart of his defense is the supremacy clause, meaning i m a federal official. i can t be charged. in a lot of ways, this was a dry run for that. this was a hearing about his substantiative defense. that s why he gets up on the stand to take that chance to convince people, the judge that really factually, i m innocent. i m just doing my job. we don t have to remind people this is all happening against the backdrop of a campaign that donald trump is running again for president. one of his the competitors, chris christie, his superpac ran the first ad with the trump mug shot. let s watch.