Special counsel Jack Smith asked a Washington, DC, federal judge to rule out former President Donald Trump’s attempts “to inject politics” into his Jan. 6 case, arguing in a Wednesday court filing it will “ensure that the jury remains focused on its fact-finding duty and applies the law as instructed by the Court.”
The judge said that comments she’d made while sentencing Jan. 6 defendants “certainly do not manifest a deep-seated prejudice that would make fair judgment impossible.”
Former President Donald Trump lost his bid on Wednesday to recuse the federal judge presiding over his 2020 election subversion case after he claimed she couldn't be an impartial jurist.
Former President Donald Trump's attorneys argued in a filing Monday that Chutkan should recuse herself from the case over remarks she's previously made in sentencing Capitol riot defendants.