Donald Trump is going to settle the Trump University lawsuit pending in federal district court in Southern California. This is the fraud case in which Judge Gonzalo Curiel presides. I don't know Judge Curiel and had never heard of him before Trump brought him up recently but it appears that the judge had a notable career as a federal prosecutor as the New York Times reports, Judge Under Fire From Donald Trump Was a Steely Drug Prosecutor.
Trump has to settle the case for a number of reasons including he has a good chance of losing, even if he wins a trial he will still look bad, very bad. So he has to come up with a pretext to settle, and the pretext he's settled on is that the judge is unfair and he can't risk going to trial before an unfair judge.
I doubt very seriously that Judge Curiel is bothered at all by Trump's slurs and other stupidities. His staff, however, may be a little fatigued with Trump supporters calling the Judge's chambers on behalf of Trump.
Robert L. Abell
www.RobertAbellLaw.com
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