Judges who want to act corruptly will come up with any excuse if it favors their preferences regardless of what the law requires. Happens in thousands of courtrooms every day.
1- Don’t blame the judges. If the relief requested is moot, the court MUST decline to issue a ruling. A judge who rules on a dead issue is basically legislating from the bench, which violates our principles of separation of powers.
2- I don’t blame DJT either, except to the extent he trusted Rudy. A good businessman delegates 95% of the tasks in front of him. DJT should not have been out there identifying and retaining counsel. He is the POTUS, for heaven’s sake. He has to deal with issues of national security.
3- I have an issue with a couple of those law firms just slipping away. The general rule is, an attorney who has been retained cannot withdraw if it causes harm to the client. In at least one case, Rudy STIPULATED to the attorney’s Motion to Be Relieved as counsel. He did this so he could appear and argue the case himself - which he then botched, and colossally so.
POTUS should run the country. His PERSONAL ATTORNEY should be orchestrating the legal maneuvers, and Rudy just failed.