Do a little self-help.
Rudy's rebuttal will be brutal, and will point to the parts the press is misrepresenting.
Unlike you, I don't need to read the same thing 50 times to obtain comprehension of what's being offered. Fuck off.
It's exactly like a trial, and the public is the jury. Prosecution goes first, and the jury is thinking "this dude is guilty." Then the defense puts on its case. If the defense has a case, the jury ends up (justifiably and properly) hating the prosecutor for dragging an innocent person through the mud.