Trump asks Judge Tanya Chutkan to recuse herself in Jan. 6 case

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Trump asks Judge Tanya Chutkan to recuse herself in Jan. 6 case
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Trump's attorneys say Judge Tanya Chutkan has made statements that "create a perception of prejudgment."

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Of course he didn't ask the judge assigned to his case that HE APPOINTED to recuse herself.

Obama appointed her not Trump

Edit: Misread the comment, I’m dumb

I think they're talking about a different trial. There are so many.

Not dumb just hard to keep track of which legal case is being seen by which judge.

I can't believe a fucking ex-President has so many on-going criminal cases that we get confused over them... and that he's still a front runner to be nominated again.

And that’s all those indictments are a selling point to his base, because they see it as proof of him being unfairly persecuted and not properly prosecuted.

It seems to me that if he's being "UnFaIrLy PrOsEcUtEd" that he could easily find a crack team of high-powered lawyers who would fall over themselves to defend a former president from unjust legal action.

But he can't.

They're talking about Cannon. Re-read what they wrote. It was missing a /s