For his entire career, Trump has relied on legal tricks to keep him out of trouble. His main trick has been to delay, delay, and delay some more.
Trump has been sued close to 4,000 times, most of the time by contractors to whom, after the work was finished, Trump refused to pay the full contracted amount. He could get away with this because all but the very biggest contractors cannot afford to pay lawyers for months at a time, so, Trump — with his deep financial pockets — simply waited them out until the contractor gave up and accepted Trump’s low payment.
Trump is now dealing with state and federal governments. These entities have endless resources — they can go along with his delays indefinitely. HOWEVER — at some point, judges step in and now it is clear that local and state judges as well as federal judges appointed by Trump are not buying his delay tactics.
The latest case in point is his lawyer, Evan Corcoran, who tried to drag out the classified document case. Finally, the DC federal judge had enough, told Corcoran late in the afternoon of March 21, 2023, to file his motion by midnight and told DOJ to respond by 6:00 AM the next day. The filings are in and the judge is expected to rule against Trump within hours.
Trump’s one-trick pony is out of tricks.