True--but nobody made him talk to the media in the time before the trial, and nobody made him take the stand and thereby make himself vulnerable to cross examin

True--but nobody made him talk to the media in the time before the trial, and nobody made him take the stand and thereby make himself vulnerable to cross examination. So in addition to "dishonest," "conman," "thief," and "convicted felon likely to die in federal prison," we can also reasonably call him "dumbass".