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A waiter sitting down at a table and saying out of nowhere, “I literally have COVID” — that’s my kind of non sequitur.

"It’s not exactly clear what Trump is arguing," he said, adding: "Is he arguing that because lawyers were involved he did not or could not violate the law? That is a nonsensical argument. It’s a non sequitur. What lawyers is he referring to? Why would the presence of lawyers be a hindrance or obstacle to Trump committing crimes?"

Using dialogue exclusively taken from an F.B.I. transcript, it is a gripping look at the mechanisms of state power brought to bear on an individual; every sniff, every pause and every non sequitur, culled from the original ‌recording, somehow highlight just how unreal reality can be.‌

It was a non sequitur, but at least the senator recognized the guest of honor.

It sounds like a non sequitur — but when Siddhartha Khosla traces the arc of his life, there’s a consistent through line that makes as much sense as any good melody.