Judge rejects Trump request she recuse herself from conspiracy case

WASHINGTON: The federal judge set to preside over Donald Trump’s (pix) historic trial for conspiring to overturn the 2020 US election rejected a motio...

historic trial for conspiring to overturn the 2020 US election rejected a motion on Wednesday from the former president that she recuse herself from the case.

“And the defense does not cite any instance of the court ever uttering those words or anything similar.” “The record ‘as a whole’ does not support a reasonable question as to the court’s impartiality,“ she said. “Although Judge Chutkan may genuinely intend to give President Trump a fair trial -- and may believe that she can do so -- her public statements unavoidably taint these proceedings, regardless of outcome,“ they said.

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