Attorneys for former president assert that Chutkan should be disqualified for making statements they said suggest that Trump should be prosecuted and imprisoned
Attorneys for former president Donald Trump on Monday asked U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan to disqualify herself from presiding over his federal election obstruction case, asserting that Chutkan in past cases involving Jan. 6, 2021, riot defendants made statements that give the appearance that she has prejudged Trump’s guilt.
“The public will reasonably and understandably question whether Judge Chutkan arrived at all of her decisions in this matter impartially,” Trump’s attorneys said, claiming that “the law and the overwhelming public interest in the integrity of this historic proceeding require recusal.
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