The issue focused on the use of social media to raise funds for political campaigns during the 2016 campaign. A group of Democrats said they were surprised by the timing of the letter and the amount of time it was filed in the case, which could have affected the outcome of the case if the judge had ruled earlier.

"I thought that this case is a lot more complex than the one that was filed last time, and we're going to have to see how the trial court rules," said attorney Mark Geragos