The former president posted to Truth Social on Sunday that his legal team 'will be immediately asking for recusal of this judge on very powerful grounds.'
seeks to safeguard evidence and rein in Trump's public comments about the case. Trump's lawyers then followed up by asking for an extension to file a response to the motion for the protective order from Monday, August 7 to August 10"to ensure counsel has adequate time to prepare a fulsome response."
Former President Donald Trump speaks on August 5 in Columbia, South Carolina. Trump slammed U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan on Sunday saying it is impossible to get a fair trial by her and announced that his legal team will be asking for her recusal from the case"on very powerful grounds." However, Chutkan ultimately rejected the request on Saturday evening and confirmed Trump's team needed to abide by the 5 p.m. deadline on Monday.:"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.
He added:"We have now had hundreds of January 6th defendants tried in Washington, D.C. and by all accounts those defendants have had fair juries. Some defendants even had jurors acquit them. There's no factual basis to allege that Judge Chutkan can't discharge her duties fairly, either. It's a publicity stunt."on Sunday,"It's not going to happen. This is another delay tactic and a way to further rally his base. Nothing fuels MAGA like grievance and martyrdom.
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