How much has trump spent on making it languish?
I’m not saying he has, but he’s a rich guy that likes to get his way. Admitting fraud, and paying off the people who filed suite would be just that, hurts the trump brand.
It’s a big business tactic that should surprise no one. It’s a smart way to do business. Make it too costly to pursue in court and they’ll just give up or run out of money. Chrysler tried this with my parents ages ago when one of their cars caught fire for no reason while my mom was driving down the road. They failed to pay off the judge.
Pay a judge a little here and a little there, donate to a campaign or PAC that will help him out a little bit... Its how things get done, or in this case, its how things go away.
If there had been anything to the charges, no matter how good his lawyers are, it would have wound through the courts within 6 months and he’d be in jail or getting hand cramps from writing checks.