This post suggests he’s aware of how his influence works and he consciously hopes it leads to being killed for criticizing him

Vikings Donovan McNabb

Bears over Vikings is a slow-motion blowout

Fair enough. There’s not much lawyers do better than to annoy people.

It wouldn’t. We can’t really know until a juror speaks to the press.

Lawyers aren’t allowed to argue for, or even mention, jury nullification, so the defense really had no choice but to argue the actions didn’t meet the charge if they’re not disputing the facts. That doesn’t rule out the possibility of jury nullification.