'Presidents are not kings,' Trump's team quoted Judge Chutkan in their latest request for her to recuse herself from the federal election interference case.
, who's been assigned to oversee the former president's federal election interference case, should recuse herself over comments she made during the sentencing of two Jan.6 defendants.
Trump's lawyers first filed a recusal motion on September 11 claiming that Chutkan has shown to have biases against the former presidentAccording to the motion, Chutkan has, in connection with other cases,"suggested" that the former president"should be prosecuted and imprisoned"—though she never directly mentioned Trump.
In their latest filing related to the recusal motion, Trump's attorneys used Chutkan's own words against her, referring to the time she said that"presidents are not kings" to call for an unbiased judge to oversee the former president's case. In this picture: : Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks at the Pray Vote Stand Summit at the Omni Shoreham Hotel on September 15, 2023 in Washington, DC.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Trump reiterates request for Judge Tanya Chutkan to recuse herself from his D.C. Jan. 6 caseTrump attorneys responded to special counsel Jack Smith's argument that Chutkan should not recuse herself in Trump's federal 2020 election conspiracy case.
Read more »
As Trump keeps running his mouth, Jack Smith asks court to crack downJustice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith asked Judge Tanya Chutkan to impose further restrictions on Donald Trump's verbal attacks on elements of the legal system in which he is being criminally prosecuted, both to protect the judicial process and to literally protect the participants in that process, from judges to jury members to witnesses to prosecutors, from potential violence incited by Trump's words. Washington Post columnist Philip Bump joins Alex Wagner to discuss.
Read more »
Trump 'daring' judge to impose Jack Smith gag order request: Legal analystFormer President Donald Trump slammed special counsel Jack Smith's request for a narrow gag order regarding the January 6, 2021, case.
Read more »
Donald Trump mocks Ron DeSantis as they address same audiencesTrump branded the Florida governor a copycat and joked about his low poll numbers at separate Washington D.C. summits attended by both Republicans.
Read more »
Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis face off for evangelical votes: Washington Photos of the WeekFormer President Donald Trump returned to Washington D.C. this week voluntarily, following his arraignment in August on federal criminal charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
Read more »