Attempting to both delay the start of his Federal trial on election interference and to seek a Federal judge that may be more sympathetic to his attempted coup, the Malignant Loser filed a motion with U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia to have District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan removed from his case. The Malignant Loser's lawyers claimed in their papers that Judge Chutkan, who is also the trial judge for January 6 insurrectionists, expressed prejudice in statements she made during those trials. From CBS News:
"In a filing Monday, they argued that Judge Tanya Chutkan should recuse herself from the case for previous statements they say give the appearance of bias. They did not outright accuse Chutkan of being biased against Trump, but highlighted statements they claimed 'create a perception of prejudgment incompatible with our justice system.'
'Judge Chutkan has, in connection with other cases, suggested that President Trump should be prosecuted and imprisoned. Such statements, made before this case began and without due process, are inherently disqualifying,' Trump's attorneys wrote in the filing. [snip]
Trump's filing highlights several instances during hearings related to defendants in Jan. 6 riot cases in which Trump's attorneys say Chutkan appeared critical of the former president.
'This was nothing less than an attempt to violently overthrow the government, the legally, lawfully, peacefully elected government, by individuals who were mad that their guy lost,' Chutkan said during one October 2022 hearing, later adding, 'it's blind loyalty to one person who, by the way, remains free to this day.'"
Note that there is nothing in Judge Chutkan's statements that is untrue. Everyone who heard and watched the Malignant Loser lie week after week about a "stolen election," who then summoned his cult followers to gather in Washington, DC on January 6, and then sent them to the Capitol to disrupt the ceremonial counting of electoral votes saw exactly what Judge Chutkan stated. It is up to Judge Chutkan to rule on the recusal motion. If she decides to remain on the case, the Malignant Loser will appeal to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, but those types of recusal appeals are rarely accepted. Stay tuned for more desperate delay and obstruction motions from the Malignant Loser, who displays his fear of justice more every day.
