"Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough on Wednesday marveled at former President Donald Trump's talent for incriminating himself during television interviews.
After he read off reactions from some conservatives to Trump's interview with Fox News' Bret Baier, Scarborough argued that the former president had left himself with no defenses in special counsel Jack Smith's 37-count criminal indictment against him.
"We all know he has no discipline," Scarborough said. "But every time he goes on the air, he moves himself one step closer to prison."
Guest John Heilemann then chimed in to argue that Trump's sheer narcissism is leading him to make utterly nonsensical defenses such as his widely ridiculed claim that the Presidential Records Act gives him the power to do whatever he wants with nuclear secrets even after leaving the White House.
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"He has this view, somehow contrary to everyone else who's read the statutes involved or understands the law, essentially when you're president you can do what you want," he said. "If you're a star you can do anything, if you're president you can do anything. If you think they're declassified in your head, they become declassified, and they are his... The rules don't apply to him. From a legal standpoint, devastating."
Scarborough then said that Trump's recent interviews had only added to the voluminous evidence that Jack Smith had already gathered against him.
"He's not only proving that he committed the actions, he's on tape proving the intent of why he's doing this," he said. "This is this case, it's open and shut. the only thing trump can home for is jury nullification."
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