The former president’s lawyers argued that Chutkan’s « prior negative statements regarding [former] President Trump » would « unavoidably taint » the proceedings.
Former President Donald Trump’s legal team is asking U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to recuse herself from the ex-president’s federal election interference case.
Lawyers for Trump on Monday raised issues of « fairness and impartiality » while filing a motion for recusal, arguing that Chutkan’s « prior negative statements regarding [former] President Trump » would « unavoidably taint » the proceedings.
« Judge Chutkan has, in connection with other cases, suggested that President Trump should be prosecuted and imprisoned, » Trump’s lawyers wrote.
