-Donald Trump appeared in a Florida courtroom today
for a hearing where his lawyers argued
that the case against him for stealing classified documents
should be thrown out,
even after a key witness came forward
and revealed shocking new details
about the suspicious behavior he saw at Mar-a-Lago.
For more on this, it's time for A Closer Look.
It feels like there's nothing new we could possibly learn
about Joe Biden and Donald Trump,
given that they've both been running for president
against each other for what feels like 3,000 years.
In fact, this is true --
early renderings of the First Continental Congress
showed them yelling at each other.
[ As Trump ] Remember to put absolute immunity in there.
[ As Biden ] Hey folks, check it out.
I just froze some sugar milk, and it's great.
Put sugar milk on it. I'm not kidding around.
[ Normal voice ] But we actually have learned one new thing
about Donald Trump
that we didn't know when he was president.
The guy [bleep] loves court.
He's always there,
even when it's not required to be there.
Just scowling at the defense table,
storming out of the courtroom,
and holding impromptu press conferences
while he's penned in by barricades like a balloon
before the start of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Why does he hold on to the bars like that?
He looks like a 7-year-old watching his older siblings
about to ride a roller coaster.
[ As Trump ] They're treating me very unfairly.
They're saying I'm not tall enough to ride.
[ Normal voice ] You're not supposed to love
being in court this much.
The only person I can think of
who spent this much time in court is Judge Judy,
and look how mad she is.
Difference between Trump and Judge Judy --
all the money he pretends to have, she got.
Judge Judy got that money.
I'm starting to think Trump likes it
because it's the one place he can go
where everyone's forced to talk to him.
Court is basically his Cheers.
He's going to have to rope
George Wendt and John Ratzenberger
into a criminal conspiracy just so he can sit next to them.
[ As Ratzenberger ] Uh, you know, Donny, the reason
Lady Justice has that, uh, blindfold there
is because they're walking her into a surprise party.
[ As Trump ] That's so true. That's so true.
That's a passable Cliff impression.
[ Normal voice ] And yet again today,
Trump showed up to a hearing in Florida,
even though he didn't actually have to be there.
This time, his lawyers were trying yet again
to get his classified documents case thrown out.
-Donald Trump is inside a Florida courtroom today,
as his lawyers are arguing to dismiss
the entire Mar-A-Lago classified documents case.
-His lawyers are pushing for charges to be dismissed
in the case where he's accused
of illegally holding classified documents.
-The trial was initially scheduled for May.
Prosecutors now want July, but if Trump wins his delay,
which has been a winning strategy so far,
the trial might not start until after the election.
-Trump's lawyers say he had the authority
to designate those classified documents
as his personal papers.
-The argument his lawyers are going to be making
is he was president,
he took documents out of the white House.
That's because he wanted to say they are his.
-But they're not his. They were marked classified.
If it's marked classified,
then it can't be your personal property.
The only people who mark their personal property classified
are teenagers who definitely want someone
to read their diary.
[ As teenage girl ] Hey, Derek. I'm leaving my diary here.
My diary marked classified, so don't read it, Derek.
[ Laughter ]
But if you do read it, you should skip to page four.
Because you're in it,
and I think I'll find it very interesting.
[ Normal voice ] By the way, even if it wasn't
marked classified, it still wouldn't be
your personal property. You took it from work.
I can't take [bleep] home from work
and tell my wife it's my personal property
for two reasons. One, it belongs to NBC,
and two, because I've been told repeatedly
that there is no room in our home
for my Andy Samberg mummy statue that says, "My doink fell off."
[ Laughter ]
And then, making matters worse, I called the Smithsonian.
They also don't want it.
Are you upset?
[ Laughter ]
Trump thinks he can unilaterally decide
that he owns any piece of government property he wants,
government property paid for by American citizens.
For example, one of the witnesses in the case,
an employee at Mar-A-Lago
who was previously unnamed in the indictment,
just gave a blockbuster interview to CNN
where he revealed that Trump moved boxes
of classified documents out of Mar-A-Lago
while the FBI was trying to get them back.
-The former Mar-A-Lago employee is now publicly
describing how he helped to move materials
related to the classified documents case.
Brian Butler says he was a Mar-a-Lago employee for 20 years
and handled car service for the former president.
Butler told CNN he helped Trump co-defendant Walt Nauta load
several boxes onto Trump's plane
at the West Palm Beach airport on June 3rd of 2022.
That was the same time the FBI was searching a storage area
at Mar-a-Lago for classified documents.
-So, you know, we're there to assist with luggage,
anything that needs to go to the plane.
We got to the airport.
I ended up loading all the luggage I had,
and he had a bunch of boxes.
-You noticed that he had boxes? -Oh, yeah.
They were the boxes that were in the indictment.
We were just taking them out of the Escalade, piling them up.
I remember they were all stacked on top of each other,
and then we're lifting them up to the pilot.
-Okay, first of all, why were they lifting them
up to the pilot?
The only time I've ever seen someone
lifting anything up to the pilot is a movie,
when it's a small plane in South America
and they're handing over bales of cocaine.
The first rule of air travel is when the pilot does the luggage,
it's a crime.
Oh, unless it's Spirit.
At Spirit, the pilot does everything
because there are no other employees.
They pick you up at your house,
they drive you to the airport.
they check you in,
they scan you at security,
give you a cavity search.
They make you a vodka tonic at the airport bar,
announce the boarding groups, scan your ticket,
make the safety announcements, serve you pretzels,
wrestle you to the floor when you've had
one too many Bloody Marys,
and fight with the guy next to you
because he decided to wear sandals on a plane
like a [bleep] psycho,
give you a hot towel, land the plane,
and then jump out and wave the plane in
while it taxis on the runway.
But Trump didn't just steal the documents
for his own personal pleasure.
He also shared those secrets with members of his club,
including an Australian billionaire named Anthony Pratt.
-There was a member, Anthony Pratt,
who he was coming -- he flew in the night before.
-He's an Australian billionaire.
-He finishes his meeting with the former president,
gets in the car,
and his chief of staff says, "How did the meeting go?"
Pratt, without saying, just says, "He told me..."
and it would be, you know, U.S. military,
you know, classified information of what he told them
about Russian submarines and U.S. submarines.
He went straight to the point.
He told me that the U.S. subs and with the Russian subs,
and you know, something that would more than likely,
in my mind, be classified.
-So, it was clear to you
that he was basically seeking access to --
-Oh, absolutely, absolutely.
Here's a guy that's just buying access.
It's very easy to see.
-An Australian billionaire got top secret information
about U.S. and Russian submarines.
Thankfully, the good news is he couldn't share
any of the information because it's impossible to say
the word "submarine" in Australian accent.
No one would understand him if he tried.
[ Australian accent ] Oh, I can tell you where the submarines are.
Crikey!
[ Normal voice ] Where the what are mines?
[ Muffled, Australian accent ] Submarines!
[ Laughter ]
"Wa-sa-sas."
[ Laughter ]
[ Normal voice ] Seriously, this should be a massive scandal.
That's the literal definition of buying access.
A billionaire gave Trump money to be a member of his club,
and in return, Trump gave that billionaire
sensitive national security secrets. It's insane.
I mean, who else was Trump selling access to?
Spies, lobbyists? Anyone Trump talks to?
So, basically anyone except Eric.
[ As Eric Trump ] Father, could I also know
where the submarines are?
[ As Trump ] They're in the water hazard
just off the seventh tee.
Put on your snorkel mask and go look for them.
It's so sad. It's so sad.
He's going to be out there for hours.
I just like to watch his little tube just go around.
[ Normal voice ] This is just a textbook case
of corruption and self-enrichment.
Trump sold secrets for money. That's how simple it is.
It's both shocking and also not surprising at all,
because Trump would sell anything for money.
He already has -- crappy shoes, digital trading cards,
pieces of his mugshot suit.
If he's willing to sell chintzy [bleep] like that for money,
of course he'd sell actual national security secrets.
I'm surprised he hasn't already started
selling the public yet in an infomercial.
[ As Trump ] Do you like reading?
Do you like submarines?
Do you wish you could read about the locations
of our nation's submarines? Well, now you can.
With my series of classified commemorative Trump coins.
Each coin is engraved with the exact coordinates
of one of our nation's covert naval vessels.
Call now, and the entire set of classified coins
can be yours for just $99.99, or as many rubles as you have.
And if you act now, you'll get a free Trump beer koozie
emblazoned with a detailed map
of the White House situation room.
So, don't wait. Call now
at 1-800-1-0-5-5-8- 2-1-7-2-4-6-9-3-5-0-5 .
Those are the nuclear launch codes.
[ Laughter ]
Don't tell anyone. Shh.
[ Normal voice ] This should be a massive scandal.
It's Trump in a nutshell. He thinks he owns everything
and will do anything to enrich himself.
He'll sell secrets to anyone.
This time it was a guy named Anthony.
Next it'll be a guy named Jimmy, John, or Mike,
anyone who likes... -Subs.
[ Laughter ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
This has been A Closer Look.
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[ Laughter ]
Or don't.