After moving to throw out the “entire” case, arguing that Trump couldn’t establish jurisdiction and failed to state a claim, the BBC defendants anticipated that extensive Jan. 6-related discovery would show Trump can’t “prove that he did not foment or incite the January 6 Capitol riot.”
“[H]e cannot now prevent Defendants from seeking records that would shed light on his true knowledge, intent, and state of mind in delivering his speech at the Ellipse,” the defendants argued.
That is pretty much every bully. None of them are actually tough; they only target those they think won’t fight back.
And when someone does fight back they go crying to some form of authority
Or the person fighting back gets punished instead of the bully.