WASHINGTON, DC – US District Judge Tanya Chutkan, assigned to former President Donald Trump's indictment case out of DC, previously worked for a law firm that represented Fusion GPS, the firm caught at the center of the Russian hoax and the Steele dossier. They also represented Huma Abedin, a key player in the Hillary Clinton email server scandal.
There are also reports that the firm represented Burisma.
And, according to the website Zero Hedge, “Chutkan was forced to recuse herself from the bench when she was overseeing Fusion GPS’s attempt to block former congressman Devin Nunes and Kash Patel from outing the source of payments that funded the infamous Steele dossier.”
But that recusal did not come quickly.
“After months of litigation before Chutkan," the article continued, "when it became apparent that Nunes and Patel would be successful, ‘she recused -on her own- from that case. Why?’ Patel asked rhetorically.”
Furthermore, the legal firm where she was a partner, Boies Schiller Flexner, also employed the current President’s son, Hunter Biden.
Trump, speaking out about Chutkan’s perceived bias, wrote on his Truth Social account, “THERE IS NO WAY I CAN GET A FAIR TRIAL WITH THE JUDGE 'ASSIGNED' TO THE RIDICULOUS FREEDOM OF SPEECH/FAIR ELECTIONS CASE. EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS, AND SO DOES SHE! WE WILL BE IMMEDIATELY ASKING FOR RECUSAL OF THIS JUDGE ON VERY POWERFUL GROUNDS, AND LIKEWISE FOR VENUE CHANGE, OUT IF [sic] D.C.”
“When you look at what’s happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent,” Trump said. “We can’t let this happen in America.“
So, while Trump and his legal team believes that there appears to multiple areas for there to be a conflict, it may what she has stated from the bench that illustrates an apparent bias.
Per the Federalist, “Chutkan…not only admitted during proceedings that she finds the pure existence of Trump’s 2024 run a threat to the government’s January 6 case against him but also that she has no issues legally curbing his speech on the campaign trail.”
According to arraignment transcripts, Chutkan said: “Mr. Trump, like every American, has a First Amendment right to free speech. But that right is not absolute... Defendant’s free speech is subject to the release conditions imposed at arraignment and it must yield to the orderly administration of justice.
"I don’t want this order to be overinclusive. I don’t want to just issue a blanket protective order over information that is not sensitive."
Trump attorney John Lauro said he agreed with her. "’I think that may be the last time you say that for awhile,’ she says to laughter in courtroom.”
Chutkan against said that Trump’s right to free speech was not absolute.
“He’s a criminal defendant. He is going to have restrictions like every single other defendant,” she said.
Chutkan has also been involved in the trials and sentencing of dozens of people for their roles in the Capitol breech on January 6th.
Trump entered not guilty pleas and will await a trial date.
There are also reports that the firm represented Burisma.
And, according to the website Zero Hedge, “Chutkan was forced to recuse herself from the bench when she was overseeing Fusion GPS’s attempt to block former congressman Devin Nunes and Kash Patel from outing the source of payments that funded the infamous Steele dossier.”
But that recusal did not come quickly.
“After months of litigation before Chutkan," the article continued, "when it became apparent that Nunes and Patel would be successful, ‘she recused -on her own- from that case. Why?’ Patel asked rhetorically.”
Furthermore, the legal firm where she was a partner, Boies Schiller Flexner, also employed the current President’s son, Hunter Biden.
Trump, speaking out about Chutkan’s perceived bias, wrote on his Truth Social account, “THERE IS NO WAY I CAN GET A FAIR TRIAL WITH THE JUDGE 'ASSIGNED' TO THE RIDICULOUS FREEDOM OF SPEECH/FAIR ELECTIONS CASE. EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS, AND SO DOES SHE! WE WILL BE IMMEDIATELY ASKING FOR RECUSAL OF THIS JUDGE ON VERY POWERFUL GROUNDS, AND LIKEWISE FOR VENUE CHANGE, OUT IF [sic] D.C.”
“When you look at what’s happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent,” Trump said. “We can’t let this happen in America.“
So, while Trump and his legal team believes that there appears to multiple areas for there to be a conflict, it may what she has stated from the bench that illustrates an apparent bias.
Per the Federalist, “Chutkan…not only admitted during proceedings that she finds the pure existence of Trump’s 2024 run a threat to the government’s January 6 case against him but also that she has no issues legally curbing his speech on the campaign trail.”
According to arraignment transcripts, Chutkan said: “Mr. Trump, like every American, has a First Amendment right to free speech. But that right is not absolute... Defendant’s free speech is subject to the release conditions imposed at arraignment and it must yield to the orderly administration of justice.
"I don’t want this order to be overinclusive. I don’t want to just issue a blanket protective order over information that is not sensitive."
Trump attorney John Lauro said he agreed with her. "’I think that may be the last time you say that for awhile,’ she says to laughter in courtroom.”
Chutkan against said that Trump’s right to free speech was not absolute.
“He’s a criminal defendant. He is going to have restrictions like every single other defendant,” she said.
Chutkan has also been involved in the trials and sentencing of dozens of people for their roles in the Capitol breech on January 6th.
Trump entered not guilty pleas and will await a trial date.
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