Jimmy Fallon discovered Donald Trump’s most daunting second at his immunity listening to on Tuesday ― and it got here down to 1 phrase. (Watch the video beneath.)
Trump argued to appeals judges that he must be granted presidential immunity from felony fees for his alleged position in fomenting the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot whereas in workplace. The ex-president’s authorized workforce argued a president can’t be criminally prosecuted except convicted by the Senate in a proper impeachment vote.
The panel expressed skepticism, and that’s the place the confusion kicked in for Trump, the “Tonight Show” host joked.
“One of the judges called Trump’s legal argument ‘paradoxical’ and both Trump and his lawyer looked at each other hoping the other knew what that word meant,” Fallon mentioned. “Trump was like, ‘Paradoxical, I think it’s a dinosaur. I don’t think you pronounce the ‘p’ actually.”
Fast-forward to 1:19 for the “paradoxical” quips:
Trump’s courtroom appearances have change into so frequent that the courtroom sketch artist now “just traces the grooves in her desk,” the comic cracked.
In what might be an much more theatrical exhibiting, Trump is reportedly planning to offer a closing argument in his civil fraud trial on Thursday.
