What’s your take on this?
Personally, I think he KNOWS he is about to lose everything and is doing everything he can to stave off the inevitable. Basically, he wants the state to foot the bill for his defense so he won’t have to pay for it out of pocket, which will likely leave him broke.
About as classless an act as they come, given what he’s done. And that is hard to top! I imagine the state will tell him to take a hike because he operated outside the scope of his duties as a state employee, broke his oath or some other legalese reason. I doubt seriously he will ever see the day the state will help him out.