'Animated' Trump faces off with Jack Smith in court

Donald Trump faced off with special counsel Jack Smith inide a D.C. courtroom. The historic hearing is over Trump’s claim of full presidential immunity in his 2020 election interference case. The judges seems skeptical of Trump’s broad claim of immunity.

NBC News Justice Reporter Ryan Reilly was inside the courtroom and reports on how it all went down.

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[towmlvb]

So the only item in a legal proceeding that made its way through Trump's thick skull was the only item that had nothing to do with law. Figures...

[daviduruski]

Wasnt he the one complaining about the clerk handing notes to the judge during one of his proceedings?now hes scribbling notes and its ok with him.its all ok, trump makes a victim of himself constantly

[jamesmancini]

Repeating an established lie, in front of a court does not help your case.

[lylestavast]

why on earth would a partisan poll have any impact on legal points of law ? this is last ditch puffery.

[BrianOates]

So popularity absolves criminals, what a desperate plea😂

[Blondie]

I came here for the comments and they do not disappoint 😂

[Trippypaws]

For the life of me, I can't understand why so many people are going out their way, risking their careers to keep this bum out of jail. This country allows certain segments of society to get away with stuff and have the nerve to feel good about it.

[dude]

That’s not a good argument. How is that your best argument to why he should have presidential immunity?

[genericamerican]

So his personal addition to his defense is, “Joe’s just jealous of my polling”? What does any of this have to do with his polls that happened after all these cases had already begun. 🎪 🗳️

[Rhaspun]

Typical of Trump. Trying to turn around the argument into another story.

[mrcadillac]

No immunity for you, cause you lead the polls? You lost me. Lock him up, anyway.

[Therapistinthewhitehouse]

tRump. “I’ve done nothing wrong”
Also tRump “I must have absolute presidential immunity.”

[Walczyk]

they didn’t mention how awful he smells

[seekeroftruth]

I'm just picturing him furiously scribbling on a kids menu, his tiny hands barely fitting around the Sharpie.

[TMarkLenthall]

The prosecution table was overflowing with, "I was there too" hangers-on. 😂

[shelleyoxenhorn]

And then the smell got so bad the proceedings had to be delayed until the next day

[Ghost-Mama]

He had to work his EGO in there somewhere even though it was just another lie to make him feel better about being a LOSER. What a waste of space.

[jesselobo]

I'm waiting for Trump to threaten the court with a "i'll hold my breath until I turn blue unless I get my way" moment.

[Jac-kp]

The hyporacy is mind-blowing. It's my opponent out to get me is an old unfactual argument. Isn't this what all the charges are about? The criminality of not accepting the opponent true win.

[SiloSoundStudios]

He can keep saying it, doesn't make it true