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 was charged.

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    1 year ago

    I mean, it sounds like he has a point? Perhaps another judge should sentence him to prison instead, just so they don’t have grounds for an appeal on this.

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      The issue is all Judges from the available pool have heard Jan 6 cases and Chutkin is one of the “nicest” of the bunch.

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      So far trump’s lawyers have thrown a lot of meritless shit at the walls and hoped it would delay the process and maybe something sticks.

      This statement by the judge seems mostly innocuous, but it may actually give them a little crack of daylight

      I’m keen to hear about this on Opening Arguments podcast tomorrow. They’ve been doing great work tracking and explaining every legal filing.