Trump Seeks Judge Disqualification

[Occams Barber]

12 Sept 2023

Donald Trump seeks disqualification of US judge in case over alleged attempt to overturn election result​

Donald Trump has filed a motion seeking to disqualify US District Judge Tanya Chutkan from presiding over the criminal case in which he is charged with trying to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss.

The former US president said last month he planned to seek Ms Chutkan's recusal as well as a change of venue for the case.

He argued in a court filing that Ms Chutkan's prior statements appearing to refer to Mr Trump's role in influencing the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol raised questions about her impartiality in the case.

The court filing cites a remark Ms Chutkan made at a 2022 sentencing hearing for a Capitol riot defendant in which she suggested that the rioter was motivated by "blind loyalty to one person who, by the way, remains free to this day".

Mr Trump's lawyers argued that the comment indicated the judge's belief that Mr Trump "should be prosecuted and imprisoned".

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Trump seeks disqualification of judge in case over alleged attempt to overturn election result

Donald Trump filed has filed a motion seeking to disqualify US District Judge Tanya Chutkan from presiding over the criminal case in which he is charged with trying to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss.

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[WolfGate]

My prediction - will be totally unsuccessful. Just another attempt to delay things he's hoping until after the election. Which, if a Republican is elected, would prevent the American people from finding out if he is truly guilty of the crimes he's been charged with or not.

 

[essentialsaltes]

The former US president said last month he planned to seek Ms Chutkan's recusal as well as a change of venue for the case.

He argued in a court filing that Ms Chutkan's prior statements appearing to refer to Mr Trump's role in influencing the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol raised questions about her impartiality in the case.

Judge Tanya Chutkan rejects Trump’s demand that she recuse herself from federal 2020 election subversion case​

Trump’s lawyers’ “inferential leap” based on her comments in other criminal cases “is not reasonable,” she wrote.

Chutkan said her statements “arose not, as the defense speculates, from watching the news, but from the sentencing proceedings” in those cases and “directly reflected facts proffered and arguments made by those defendants.”

(i.e. the defendants said it was Trump's fault they participated in Jan 6)