Trump’s judge isn’t the only DC justice to give longer-than-requested sentences to Jan. 6 rioters
54 years, 11 months ago

Trump’s judge isn’t the only DC justice to give longer-than-requested sentences to Jan. 6 rioters

Associated Press  

CLAIM: U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who has been assigned to the most recent case against former President Donald Trump, is the only federal judge in Washington, D.C. who has given Jan. 6 defendants sentences that are longer than those requested by the Justice Department. Although Chutkan is among the toughest punishers of rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, she is not the only judge who has exceeded recommended sentences in cases related to the attack. “Chutkan, an Obama appointee, is the only federal judge in Washington, D.C., who has sentenced Jan. 6 defendants to sentences longer than the government had requested,” reads one tweet that had received more than 11,800 likes and more than 6,000 shares as of Friday. An AP analysis of Jan. 6 sentences published in June 2022, when nearly 200 had been handed down, found she was the only judge to have exceeded prosecutors’ recommended punishments in most of the cases assigned to them.

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Judge Chutkan approves release of Trump Jan. 6 documents that could reveal more damning testimony
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Judge Chutkan approves release of Trump Jan. 6 documents that could reveal more damning testimony

Salon  

Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, the federal judge overseeing Donald Trump's Jan. 6 case, issued an order Thursday approving the release of redacted source documents that provided special counsel Jack Smith with potentially incriminating material on the former president's attempts to overturn the 2020 election. The documents consist of a four-part appendix listing the sources of the quotes Smith used in …

Time for Judge Chutkan to jail Trump if he defies gag order once more: former prosecutor
1 year ago

Time for Judge Chutkan to jail Trump if he defies gag order once more: former prosecutor

Raw Story  

According to one former federal prosecutor, it is finally time for Judge Tanya Chutkan to put some bite into her attempts to keep Donald Trump from trying to intimidate witnesses and courtroom personnel by plopping him in jail to get his attention. In an interview with Newsweek, former prosecutor Neama Rahmani claimed the former president has been the recipient of …

Judge Tanya Chutkan's gag order on Trump upheld in appeals court ruling
1 year ago

Judge Tanya Chutkan's gag order on Trump upheld in appeals court ruling

Raw Story  

An appeals court Friday upheld key parts of the gag order against former President Donald Trump in his Washington D.C. election inference case, court records show. Circuit issued a 68-page ruling affirming Judge Tanya Chutkan's order banning Trump from speaking publicly about potential witnesses, case lawyers, court staff and their families. "Mr. Trump is a former President and current candidate …

Judge Chutkan Finds Trump Poses ‘Grave Threat’ To Judicial Process In Gag Order
1 year, 2 months ago

Judge Chutkan Finds Trump Poses ‘Grave Threat’ To Judicial Process In Gag Order

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s verbal and written attacks on participants in the criminal case against him pose a “grave threat” to the judicial process and warrant a limited gag order, the judge overseeing the Jan. 6 coup attempt case against him wrote Tuesday. “Since his indictment, and even after the government filed the instant motion, defendant has …

Judge Chutkan cites Trump's 'grave threats' in official order gagging him
1 year, 2 months ago

Judge Chutkan cites Trump's 'grave threats' in official order gagging him

Raw Story  

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan accused former President Donald Trump of making "grave threats" in an order that bars him from attacking special counsel Jack Smith, witnesses, and others in his federal election interference case. "Under binding Supreme Court precedent, this court 'must take such steps by rule and regulation that will protect processes from prejudicial outside interferences,'" Chutkan wrote …

Judge Chutkan 'shows no sign of being intimidated' as she faces off with Trump
1 year, 2 months ago

Judge Chutkan 'shows no sign of being intimidated' as she faces off with Trump

Raw Story  

With a hearing expected on Monday where United States District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Tanya Chutkan is expected to hear arguments to expand a gag order on Donald Trump, the Washington Post is reporting that close associates are claiming she seems unfazed by the historic trial she will be overseeing against a former president. The Post is …

Trump Once Again Calls On Judge Chutkan To Recuse Herself From His Jan. 6 Case
1 year, 3 months ago

Trump Once Again Calls On Judge Chutkan To Recuse Herself From His Jan. 6 Case

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former President Donald Trump on Sunday once again repeated his request to have the judge presiding over his federal election interference case removed, citing what he said were “disqualifying statements.” In a new 11-page court filing, Trump argued that prior comments made by Judge Tanya Chutkan in two other Jan. 6 defendants’ cases she presided over “point …

Judge Chutkan unseals Jack Smith filing alleging new Trump witness intimidation
1 year, 3 months ago

Judge Chutkan unseals Jack Smith filing alleging new Trump witness intimidation

Raw Story  

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has released a redacted filing by prosecutors working for special counsel Jack Smith, alleging that former President Donald Trump engaged in new incidents of witness intimidation. The filing, which was made last week by prosecutors, was known for several days to involve "extrajudicial statements" by the former president. It alleges that Trump's "inflammatory" statements have …

Legal experts warn Trump's threats could result in "mistrial": Just one juror "can nullify the law"
1 year, 3 months ago

Legal experts warn Trump's threats could result in "mistrial": Just one juror "can nullify the law"

Salon  

Special counsel Jack Smith said in a court filing Tuesday that Donald Trump's "daily extrajudicial statements" threaten to "prejudice" the jury pool in the criminal case, which charges the former president with attempting to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 presidential election. Trump's public statements to his "very motivated" supporters – many of whom have already "demonstrated a propensity for …

Trump’s Jan. 6 Recusal Play Has No Chance
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump’s Jan. 6 Recusal Play Has No Chance

Slate  

When Judge Tanya Chutkan admonished former President Donald Trump last week in open court to avoid making “inflammatory” statements that might threaten the integrity of the judicial process during the period of his Jan. 6 prosecution and trial, he afforded her all the respect and courtesy he typically gives judges. As a rule, “judicial remarks during the course of a …

Trump assails judge in 2020 election case after she warned him not to make inflammatory remarks
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump assails judge in 2020 election case after she warned him not to make inflammatory remarks

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Donald Trump is assailing the federal judge overseeing the election conspiracy case against him, days after she warned him not to make inflammatory statements about the case. The former president made posts Monday on his social media network calling U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan “highly partisan” and “ VERY BIASED & UNFAIR!” because of her past comments …

'She wants me behind bars': Trump lashes out at Judge Chutkan after old Jan. 6-related quote resurfaces
1 year, 4 months ago

'She wants me behind bars': Trump lashes out at Judge Chutkan after old Jan. 6-related quote resurfaces

Raw Story  

Donald Trump tested a federal judge's boundaries by issuing a late-night attack drawn from a quote that circulated over the weekend on right-wing media websites. The former president lashed out at U.S. District Court judge Tanya Chutkan, who is presiding over his case in the District of Columbia, and claimed she had already determined he belonged "behind bars" by citing …

Trump lashes out at Jack Smith and Judge Chutkan hours before his lawyers face critical deadline
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump lashes out at Jack Smith and Judge Chutkan hours before his lawyers face critical deadline

Raw Story  

Donald Trump launched a fresh attack on special counsel Jack Smith and U.S. District Court judge Tanya Chutkan hours before his legal team has been ordered to answer for his previous comments about his prosecution. The special counsel's office asked Chutkan to set limits on what Trump's team could do with evidence shared with them after Trump posted an apparent …

Trump has 'met his match' after judge slams him with a Monday deadline: ex-prosecutor
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump has 'met his match' after judge slams him with a Monday deadline: ex-prosecutor

Raw Story  

Reacting to United States District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Tanya Chutkan issuing a weekend order for Donald Trump and his lawyers to respond to a Protective Order request by the Department of Justice by 5 p,m. Monday, former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner claimed the thrice-indicted Trump is about to have a battle on his hands over special …

Trump is about to find out the DC circuit court has 'zero tolerance for games': prosecutor
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump is about to find out the DC circuit court has 'zero tolerance for games': prosecutor

Raw Story  

Donald Trump will be arraigned Thursday by Magistrate Judge Moxila A. Upadhyaya on charges related to his efforts to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election remain in a futile effort to remain in power – and a legal expert warned he's about to find out there'll be no patience for games. During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," …

Tough punisher of Capitol rioters: Tanya Chutkan, the judge in Trump’s latest election case
1 year, 4 months ago

Tough punisher of Capitol rioters: Tanya Chutkan, the judge in Trump’s latest election case

Firstpost  

US District Judge Tanya Chutkan has been one of the harshest punishers of rioters who stormed the US Capitol in an attack fuelled by former Donald Trump’s bogus allegations of a stolen election. He will likely appear before a magistrate court in US District Court in Washington DC on Thursday, following which the matter will be assigned to US District …

The judge assigned to Trump’s Jan. 6 case is a tough punisher of Capitol rioters
1 year, 4 months ago

The judge assigned to Trump’s Jan. 6 case is a tough punisher of Capitol rioters

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The federal judge assigned to the election fraud case against former President Donald Trump has stood out as one of the toughest punishers of rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attack fueled by Trump’s baseless claims of a stolen election. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, a former assistant public defender who was nominated to the bench …

In Jan. 6 cases, 1 judge stands out as the toughest punisher
2 years, 6 months ago

In Jan. 6 cases, 1 judge stands out as the toughest punisher

Associated Press  

An Ohio couple climbed through a broken window of the U.S. Capitol and livestreamed a video of themselves inside. Chutkan, a former assistant public defender who was nominated to the bench by President Barack Obama, has consistently taken the hardest line against Jan. 6 defendants of any judge serving on Washington’s federal trial court, which is handling the more than …

Judge slams claims that Jan. 6 rioters are treated unfairly
3 years, 2 months ago

Judge slams claims that Jan. 6 rioters are treated unfairly

Associated Press  

A Texas man who joined the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6. was sentenced Monday to 45 days behind bars even though prosecutors weren’t seeking jail time, after the judge blasted comparisons between the riot that day and the Black Lives Matter protests over racial injustice. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan called it a false equivalence “to …

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