I am confident that Trump’s legal team is not so stupid that they don’t understand this. This motion has no chance to succeed.

They are stupid, but they do also understand this. I don’t know for certain, but based on analysis from other lawyers, his legal team has a plan but it’s secondary to whatever Trump orders them to do. I think they’re so stupid, however, that they don’t think they’ll lose their license to practice law before Trump avoids pays them. There’s a good reason one of his legal teams quit and it’s suing him for failure to pay.

This is political theatre for the media and for his base. “See‽ They wouldn’t even let us have a mistrial, even though I’m innocent! This court is rigged!”