A terse, four-page motion filed Monday in federal court in San Diego is aimed at blocking lawyers for the plaintiffs from putting into the court records excerpts from videotaped depositions Trump gave in the case in December and January.

The motion focuses on legal arguments against releasing the videos, noting that transcripts of the depositions are already available, and arguing that seeking the release of the video is an "obvious attempt" to create prejudice against Trump.

Unspoken is the potential political fallout at stake, where snippets of the videos could provide material for campaign ads against Trump's impending Republican presidential bid against Democrat Hillary Clinton.