Documents reveal that the Washington D.C. district judge made donations to Obama for America between 2008 and 2009.
"Trump advocates will grasp onto any ammunition they can to suggest that the justice system is biased against the former president," Thomas Gift, an associate professor who heads up the Centre on U.S. Politics at King's College London, told"Chutkan's prior Democratic donations will of course become a political football in GOP circles.
Chutkan, a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, was appointed by Obama in 2014 and confirmed by thein a 95 to 0 vote. She was randomly assigned to preside over Trump's latest federal indictment, though she is no stranger to the case. The federal judge has previously been vocal in her condemnation of Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, handing down strong punishments for January 6 rioters, including prison sentences., a Texas man who had taken part in the storming of the Capitol building on January 6, to 45 days in jail plus 60 hours of community service, going beyond the punishment recommended by prosecutors, which was three months under home confinement and probation.
"If Mr. Mazzocco walks away with probation and a slap on the wrist, that's not going to deter anyone trying what he did again," Chutkan said in her ruling."It does not, in this court's opinion, indicate the severity—the gravity of the offenses that he committed on January 6." In November 2021, she rejected Trump's attempt to block the House select committee investigating January 6 from accessing more than 700 pages of records—including call logs, video logs, and schedules—from his time at the White House."Presidents are not kings, and plaintiff is not president," Chutkan wrote in her ruling.has contacted the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia by email for comment on Wednesday.
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