I'm not a lawyer, so I don't know whether Trump's lawyers DIDN'T or COULDN'T file a motion for stay on Pence testifying. I figure if Trump's lawyers had anticipated the appeals court denying their motion for executive privilege, they would have been ready to file an emergency motion with SCOTUS. As in, they would have filed Wednesday eve…
I'm not a lawyer, so I don't know whether Trump's lawyers DIDN'T or COULDN'T file a motion for stay on Pence testifying. I figure if Trump's lawyers had anticipated the appeals court denying their motion for executive privilege, they would have been ready to file an emergency motion with SCOTUS. As in, they would have filed Wednesday evening. I can't see a vexatious litigant like Trump not wanting to pursue this all the way, so it seems to me Trump is enjoying the fruits of engaging lawyers desperate or foolish enough to work for him.
I'm not a lawyer, so I don't know whether Trump's lawyers DIDN'T or COULDN'T file a motion for stay on Pence testifying. I figure if Trump's lawyers had anticipated the appeals court denying their motion for executive privilege, they would have been ready to file an emergency motion with SCOTUS. As in, they would have filed Wednesday evening. I can't see a vexatious litigant like Trump not wanting to pursue this all the way, so it seems to me Trump is enjoying the fruits of engaging lawyers desperate or foolish enough to work for him.