Posted on 09/12/2023 5:13:17 AM PDT by CFW
On Monday, 2024 GOP frontrunner Donald Trump called for the recusal of US District Judge Tanya Chutkan from the 2020 election case brought forth by special counsel Jack Smith.
Attorneys for Trump cited previous statements made by Chutkan while sentencing two Jan. 6 defendants that had appeared to reference Trump, with the attorneys arguing that the comments suggested she had prejudged Trump’s guilt before he was charged, according to court filings.
"Judge Chutkan has, in connection with other cases, suggested that President Trump should be prosecuted and imprisoned. Such statements, made before this case began and without due process, are inherently disqualifying," the filing stated.
"Although Judge Chutkan may genuinely intend to give President Trump a fair trial—and may believe that she can do so—her public statements unavoidably taint these proceedings, regardless of outcome. The public will reasonably and understandably question whether Judge Chutkan arrived at all of her decisions in this matter impartially, or in fulfillment of her prior negative statements regarding President Trump," the filing added.
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Why should it be up to her to recuse herself? It has been shown beyond a shadow of a doubt that she is irredeemably biased and she should not be allowed to try this case.
This bimbo is in over her head. She shouldn’t be dabbling in America’s politics. She’s a Jamaican “refugee”.
Hopefully this will end in mistrial on appeals because this liberal judge will never step down.
This will go nowhere. Guaranteed.
Can she be forced to recuse herself?
>Of course she should recuse herself. But she will not. She is too excited at the thought of sentencing Trump to prison. It will make her a star!
I don’t think she will, and this will simply make the appeals process easier as she has made biased statements.
You can bet that if Biden was being tried and Jeff Sessions was the judge, the far-lefties would be whining, crying and throwing tantrums out the ying yang. HYPOCRITES!!!
Let her refuse. Appeal all the way to the Supreme Court. Appeal almost all substanative denied motions. This has to be the strategy in all these kangaroo courts the Democrats are using to persecute Trump and undermine democracy. After the election, the rats will scatter and the exterminators will arrive.
Why would she when her big pay day is just around the corner with book/movie deals, speaking engagements, etc.
Nothing but a bunch of parasites. The whole lot.
What took so long?
I like the CA system: every litigant can recuse one judge in each case, though it has to be done before the judgment makes any decisions.
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