Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro lost control of an anti-Trump press conference outside of the Manhattan courtroom as he found his screed drowned out by the noises of a bustling metropolis

Fox News carried De Niro's remarks shortly after the incident, showing the 80-year-old actor visibly angry at the prospect of Trump being acquitted by a New York jury. “Do we want him running this country,” the actor said, “and saying, 'I'm not leaving, I'm dictator for life'?” Speaking in support of a new, anti-Trump ad blitz by the Biden campaign, De Niro said he hopes to remind voters about “what a danger he is to our lives.”

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Viewers could be excused of following anything the “Taxi Cab” staple of Hollywood had to say given an incessant car alarm that continued throughout the duration of his remarks. Not long after, a helicopter hovered over the scene, adding to an audacious timbre.

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President Joe Biden and the White House have largely refrained from commenting on the trial, instead dispatching De Niro or elected surrogates to mock Trump for remaining stuck in court while the president travels the country in search of a second four-year term. The stunts have largely been sidelined as visits by high-profile Republican lawmakers in support of the former president have stolen the spotlight, including vice presidential contenders like North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH).

Inside the courtroom, defense attorneys made closing arguments that centered on the lack of reliability by Michael Cohen, a star witness for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Over four days on the stand, Cohen testified that he paid $130,000 to an adult film star to settle rumors of an affair with Trump before the 2016 election. Cross-examination by defense attorney Todd Blanche forced Cohen to revisit the lies before Congress that landed him in prison as well as vague statements about his knowledge around a $420,000 payment to him made by the Trump Organization.

Legal observers on both the right and the left have been struck by the lack of evidence against Trump, with some predicting that a total acquittal may come as soon as this week. Earlier this month, former Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill said on MSNBC that “circumstantial evidence” is all that Bragg has produced so far, exposing him to criticism that no “direct evidence” exists.

“I’m a little concerned about the fact that there’s so much emphasis on the payment being made and how the payment came about being made, and I think everyone has to always keep front of mind that the prosecutors have to prove the way they recorded these payments and hid them in the business records is really the key to a conviction in this case,” McCaskill said. “And that while Trump signed all those checks, it’s a lot of circumstantial evidence.”