Former President Trump on Monday formally demanded the recusal of the federal judge overseeing his 2020 election subversion case in Washington, D.C. Trump’s attorneys cited statements U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan made while sentencing two previous Jan. 6 defendants that appeared to reference Trump, arguing the comments create a perception that Chutkan prejudged Trump’s guilt before he…
Trump argued that Chutkan s prior statements appearing to refer to Trump s role in influencing the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters raise questions about her impartiality.
The former president said Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, who is hearing the Justice Department’s case accusing him of seeking to overturn the 2020 election, had shown bias against him in public statements.
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