Former President Donald Trump is voluntarily attending two court proceedings in Washington and New York this week instead of blanketing Iowa in a sign of his front-runner status against his GOP rivals and how he has made fighting legal battles core to his political strategy.

His opponents, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, and Vivek Ramaswamy, are spending nearly all of their time in Iowa during the final days ahead of Monday’s Republican caucuses. And while former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is not traveling to Iowa, he is still focused on the primary race, putting all his effort and time into New Hampshire, which will hold its primary on Jan. 23.