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Dear kindly judge your honor, this campaign’s been so rough

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With reporters all reportin’ whenever I say stuff!

Donald Trump targeted federal Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel in an an extended series of bigoted rants this summer, asserting that Curiel couldn’t rule fairly in cases alleging fraud by Trump University because of the judge’s Mexican heritage. “I’m building a wall,” Trump explained at one point to CNN’s Jake Tapper.

Now that the case is heading toward trial, Trump is asking the same judge to exclude those comments from evidence in the case. In a motion filed Thursday in San Diego federal court, his attorneys maintain that his own comments are “extraneous” and would be “irrelevant, and prejudicial.” Remarkably, they say that the plaintiffs in the case, who include students claiming they were ripped off by the so-called university, will use those statements “in an attempt to inflame and prejudice the jury.” Judge Curiel has set a hearing on the motion for Nov. 10, two days after election day. Trial is set to begin Nov. 28.

Trump’s lawyers say that Trump has been disadvantaged by the “perhaps unprecedented media coverage and public interest” in his campaign. “His politics, policies, opinions, and views have been reported virtually every day in every form of media over the past year.” They glide over the fact that he provoked this interest himself, and commented about Judge Curiel of his own volition, typically unprompted.

There’s also little matter of wanting to be the President of the United States of America which, as anyone who isn’t dumb enough to still think working for Trump will result in full reimbursement for services rendered knows, tends to spark more than a little interest in such matters as the politics, policies, opinions and views of the applicants for the job. However, that doesn’t make Trump’s comments about Curiel relevant to this case.

But assuming plaintiffs were planning to introduce any of Trump’s oral diarrhea I don’t see how a motion to exclude comments about Curiel or the following will prove an insurmountable hurdle:

  • Campaign speeches
  • Statements at political rallies, including statements about this case
  • Statements at debates
  • Statements about individuals or entities unrelated to this litigation
  • Campaign advertisements
  • Tweets
  • Statements by campaign surrogates
  • Audio and video recordings made or publicized during the campaign
  • Tax issues
  • Comments about this case or the Court
  • Donald J. Trump Foundation or other businesses owned or managed by Mr.
    Trump not part of this litigation, including Trump Organization
  • Personal conduct accusations
  • Other politicians, state attorneys general, or public servants
  • Beauty pageants, casinos, and corporate bankruptcies
  • Other litigation

To make Trump look like a dickhead, all plaintiffs need is Trump, in a witness box and an attorney who is capable of annoying him, i.e. doesn’t kiss his ass exactly how Trump likes it to be kissed.

As an aside, what fun it must have been, making up the list of all the instances where Trump has done or been accused of doing something that would reflect badly on him if it were introduced as evidence. Too bad they’re unlikely to get paid for all of that work.

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