I don’t see much value in appealing to the public right now unless he’s trying to use it as leverage to get them to drop their case and just cut him a check.

On the other hand, It’s really late in the game to be doing this so maybe it’s just a way for him to steer the narrative a little bit before the oral arguments.

This all certainly isn’t altruistic. He made it clear he was insulted they didn’t try to settle with him the normal way so he’d go back to building his empire privately if they cut him a big enough check.