“Lawyers for Donald Trump on Monday asked the federal judge presiding over his election subversion case in Washington to recuse herself, saying her past public statements about the former president call into question whether she can be fair,” the AP reports.
“The recusal motion from Trump’s lawyers takes aim at U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, a former assistant public defender who was nominated to the bench by President Barack Obama. She has stood out as one of the toughest punishers of Jan. 6 defendants.”
Bloomberg: “The bar is high for litigants to successfully argue for a judge to recuse from a case. Chutkan in earlier hearings has said she would ensure Trump would receive the same rights as other defendants.”
