After this same trick had been so very overtly overused, for such a long and persistent period, you'd think people would realize this. Yet, it seems people in general, simply don't remember long enough.

Standard Gish Gallop of Yellow Journalism. aka concern trolling aka collective malicious bullying

Edit addition: aka dog-pile, pressure campaign, crossfire-hurricane

A flood of legal action or pending legal actions against an opponent is a well established way of draining their resources and weakening their ability to focus on a campaign or office duties.