If Trump is a serious candidate, why does he want his civil trial in August, during general

[pnwmom]

election season?

If he wins the primaries, wouldn't he expect to be kind of busy by then?



http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/dec/17/trump-university-lawsuit-closer-to-trial/

SAN DIEGO — As Donald Trump continues his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, two class-action lawsuits have been slowly moving through San Diego federal court for the last five years against the tycoon and his so-called real estate university and are inching closer to trial.

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The unlicensed online institution has come under fire in New York as well, with the state attorney general filing a similar suit that prompted the school to drop the “university” label from its name and proceed as the Trump Entrepreneur Initiative. In Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s $40 million lawsuit, he claims many students expected to meet Trump but instead got a picture with a life-size cardboard cutout instead.

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Trump’s presidential campaign was considered somewhat during the Dec. 4 hearing as the judge and lawyers grappled with setting future court dates to move toward trial. One of Trump’s lawyers, Daniel Petrocelli, asked the judge if postponing a trial until after July would be possible, to accommodate the intensified campaigning leading up to the Republican National Convention, set for that month.

The judge suggested aiming for an August trial date, giving lawyers enough time to sort out the myriad legal issues the complex case presents. No trial date has been officially set.

[doc03]

1. Doesn't matter he will blame it on the media

and his poll numbers will go up. To be sued by a New York Attorney General will
be a badge of honor.

[Gothmog]

2. Trump is not going to be the GOP nominee

The GOP donor class will prevent this

[darkangel218]

3. His lawyers would deal with that.

You don't expect him to show up in court for a civil trial now, do you lol.

[0rganism]

4. if Trump is the nominee he will use this to his advantage

blame the media for covering his trial instead of giving him softball interviews
call the prosecutors losers
yammer about how he's getting attacked more than Hillary was for her email server
etcetera
and his poll numbers will go up

[madville]

5. They have a front runner involved in lawsuits

We have a front runner involved in lawsuits and an active FBI investigation, we win I guess.

[Vinca]

6. His supporters will consider him a victim and back him even more.