2023-08-06 16:35:45
Former United States President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he wanted to “recuse” the judge who must supervise his future trial in Washington for having tried to reverse the results of the November 2020 presidential election and favored the assault on Capitol Hill on 6 January 2021.
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“I can in no way get a fair trial with the judge ‘assigned’ to this ridiculous free speech and fair election case,” Trump thundered, as usual in block letters, on his social network Truth Social. “Everyone knows that, including her. We will immediately request that this judge be recused, on very solid grounds, and likewise (request) a change of scenery (of the trial) out of (Washington) DC,” the former president added of Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan. and the US Federal Capital Court.
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Magistrate Chutkan is to preside over the case that earns Donald Trump his third (and most serious) criminal indictment, and she is known for harshly condemning supporters of the former president who participated in the assault on the Capitol. She was randomly assigned to oversee this landmark court case involving the ex-president, indicted on August 1 on conspiracy against the state in connection with his attempts to reverse the November 2020 election result.
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