Yeah, about the Orange One's mental decline -

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4. Preparing an Elmer Fudd defense

I remember a Looney Toon where he was in an asylum in a bunny suit, that ended with Buggs - thinking he was the millionaire with a mansion and a yacht - being hauled off for tax evasion while Elmer cheerfully remarked "I may be a scwewwy wabbit but I'm not gowwing to Alcatwaz!"

One plausible explanation is that he's cognizant if his own decline and is enhancing the effect in case the legal system falls on him like ten tons of bricks and flaming horse manure dropped from low orbit.