This link is a brief article that can shed light on the potential reasons for the recent flurry of motions.
You can see G4 lawyers are following the standard objections with recent motions.
This is in line with a vigorous defense.
However, the Judge has some authority to step in regarding the plea deal etc.
I have full confidence in AC and Judge Deering.
Plea bargain
Snipped info.
Plea bargains are agreements between
defendants and prosecutors in which defendants agree to
plead guilty to some or all of the
charges against them in exchange for concessions from the
prosecutors.
In plea bargains, prosecutors usually agree to reduce a defendant's punishment.
They often accomplish this by reducing the number of charges of the severity of the charges against defendants.
They might also agree to recommend that defendants receive reduced
sentences.
Some plea bargains require defendants to do more than simply plead guilty.
Prosecutors often offer favorable plea bargains to defendants who agree to
testify for the state in cases against other defendants.
In some
jurisdictions, prosecutors and defendants can work with judges to predetermine what sentence the defendants will get if the defendants accept plea bargains.
In most jurisdictions, however, judges’ role in plea bargaining is limited.
Plea bargains are controversial.
Others argue that plea bargains are too coercive and undermine important
constitutional rights.
Plea bargaining does require defendants to waive three rights protected by the
Fifth and
Sixth Amendments:
the
right to a jury trial, the
right against self-incrimination, and the
right to confront witnesses.
The
Supreme Court, however, in numerous cases ...has held that plea bargaining is constitutional.
The Supreme Court, however, has held that defendants’ guilty pleas must be voluntary, and that defendants may only plead guilty if they know the consequences of doing so...
Courts treat plea bargains as
contracts between prosecutors and defendants.
A defendant breaking a plea bargain is akin to a
breach of contract, which will result in the prosecutor no longer being bound by his or her obligation in the plea deal.
If a prosecutor reneges on plea bargains, defendants may seek relief from the judge.
The judge might let the defendant withdraw the guilty pleas, may force the prosecutor to follow the plea bargain, or may apply some other
remedy.
I could write a book of what's stored in my memory of all the "hearsay" things I have been privy to being told, and yep sometimes just overhearing conversations. 
