Kinda depends on which lawyer and which case:Trump's time-tested strategy in legal cases, most of them civil, is attack and delay. It's unclear if it will be the same here: one of the lawyers involved in some of his cases suggested it could change @WRashbaum @charlie_savage @Jonesieman me https://t.co/mTw58xG0Vh
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 1, 2023
“If they’re doing their job, they’re going to do everything they can to delay, delay, delay, delay. Every single motion they can think of. That’s what they’re going to file.”Well, sort of. First: can they do their job? The content of the motions matters more than the quantity of them.
Second: the judge handling the case already oversaw The Trump Company fraud case. He knows Trump’s tricks. Some motions are almost required: change of venue, motion to dismiss, challenges to judge and prosecutors. Even some of those are unusual. The court can deal with them quickly, though, especially those it considers filed in bad faith. (The court is not disposed to presume bad faith, but after so much experience with Trump, bad faith is practically assumed,) Expectations yesterday were that the case would come to trial in a year. Politico thinks it might run into primary season, which is not implausible. The case could take weeks in court; court dockets are crowded.
And Trump’s facing three more possible indictments. The sheer complications of multiple cases could make scheduling difficult. But not impossible. And trial schedules are not going to yield to the campaign trail.
That’s Trump’s problem.
One thing is clear: the court system cares not a bean about these speculations, which will fill time and print/virtual space until the verdict is rendered. So this could get very tedious. Especially when it’s up to four cases in at least 3 different courts.
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Poetry is a much better pastime.
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