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>> do you think avenatti will then testify in his own defense? >> that would be even more awkward, because that is when a pro se defendant is wearing two hats. he's answering questions, being cross examined by the prosecutors, but he's also wearing the hat of a lawyer on his own behalf, making the correct, hopefully, evidentiary objections and motions so that, i think, will be most awkward and of course, this judge, ana, has admonished him that he's not going to take a back door way into taking the stand. either he takes the stand or he evokes his fifth and remains silent but he's not going to...

He would prefer the death penalty, rather than being labeled mentally ill. >> as his trial date approaches, kaczynski tries to get his court-appointed lawyers dismissed. >> the judge said, no, we will not let you have different attorneys because it would take at least three months for new attorneys to get up to speed. we have already impaneled the juries. we brought witnesses in from around the country. we brought victims in. so, then kaczynski said in that case, i will defend myself. and i don't need three months to get up pro se. and i don't need three months to get up to speed. and at that ...

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Federal courts in washington, they are falling for it. this is the kind of thing that used to be dismissed without a single paragraph, just one sentence. the house would make a motion to have the case dismissed and it would be dismissed now they all want to be oliver wednesday l holmes and write beautiful prose paragraphs and take several weeks doing it, and in the process they're playing the mark meadows game, which is nothing but delay. >> delay, delay. >> and the courts are now actively participating in the delay with the style of their deliberations and these kinds of absolutely ridiculous...

Around? let's say you wanted to celebrate doing "the big sunday show," it's a holiday weekend, and you went into a liquor store, do you have to present if you want to buy that bottle of pro se? of rose? >> i certainly haven't been carded in a while, joe, but thank you. yes, of course you to do. >> we could have sold that. you just had to go along, you would have been fine. [laughter] let's say you -- you don't have to do this, but food stamps or welfare or medicare or social security or unemployment or a mortgage, let's say you want to get married or let's say you want to get on an airplane or...