His lawyers have had to have told him hundreds of times how much the government has not given up on him. I'm sure he's fairly intelligent one way or the other. He's made it this far. His ego can't be so big that he thinks he's invincible but he's probably the ONLY one who knows what his plans/intentions are. Whatever they are though, congregating with 3 known felons while on supervised parole doesn't make him look like he's given it up. But who knows better than him, not me.