Perhaps the angle is that the lawyer is saying it was not pre meditated and that him running into cali's vehicle was an accident and then he chose to murder Cali after the fact, which would make it second degree. Although the whole "Internet hate speech" reason would suggest 1st degree murder, because if trump "made him do it" then that would suggest he planned it. Who the hell knows? If he gets second degree and is convicted he will be out sometime in his 40's. However he will probably get whacked before that.
If he had targeted an outspoken leftwing person I could see a connection but to target a top gangster is weird.
