Drump wouldn't want that, so obviously these are just a distraction from his obvious failures and other transgressions....

defense does.

Unfortunately by the time the plaintiffs get around to finally being forced to obeying court orders to produce discovery requests I'll bet the suit(s) will be dropped. Like everything else this corrupt bunch does, they don't expect to actually win, it's the dirt being thrown up that's the point.

Take it all the way to the Supreme Court because the Constitution very deliberately gives the press a specific right in the First Amendment. It does not, emphasis on not, give the President freedom from the press.

just like they don't call out his lies.

If nothing else they’ll double down on reporting highly unflattering stories. The media isn’t a monolith. Even Chuck Todd doesn’t like attacks on the media. It’s the one time he doesn’t kiss their asses.

I guess we'll see how successful Repub court packing has worked.

It isn’t his money being spent on legal fees so what is the harm?
For simple people like Andrew McCabe they have to mortgage their lives to pay the legal cost and his colleagues watch with fear and avoid the same treatment.
He will appeal and claims victory despite losing all of the cases.
For the Washington post and NY Times, I wish their owners would drag his ass through video testimony / discovery just to flip the tables, but they have valuable connections that will be lost in a fight with 1/2 of the government.