A judge in Arizona has ordered the former president to respond to a lawsuit within two weeks, further increasing his lawyers' workload.
"Everybody was wondering, 'What are you doing? Why are you filing suit in so many different states? How are you going to manage all of that?'" Castro told."When you file a federal court case, it's a lottery. You don't know what judge is going to be assigned. Even if it's a liberal district, you can still end up getting a very conservative judge. And likewise, even if it's a very conservative district, you can end up getting a liberal judge.
Former President Donald Trump sits with his attorneys Joe Tacopina and Boris Epshteyn inside the courtroom during his arraignment at the Manhattan Criminal Court April 4, 2023 in New York City."I'm basically sidelining and neutralizing the influence of conservative judges," Castro said.
Trump's attorneys will also have to come face-to-face with another slew of proceedings that could cause problems for the former president's 2024 campaign, although his candidacy isn't a direct aim of those challenges. For starters, the four unprecedented indictments against Trump are all headed towards trials early next year.
The first trial, which is for the federal election interference case, is scheduled to begin March 4, 2024, a day before Super Tuesday. Weeks later, the New York criminal trial related to the hush money payments made to
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