Judge rejects Trump's effort to have her recused from his federal election interference case
A district judge has rejected former President Trump's effort to have her recuse herself from presiding over his federal election interference case. A district judge has denied former President Donald Trump's effort to have her recuse herself from presiding over his federal election interference case. Washington, D.C., District Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected the argument from Trump's legal team regarding statements she made during her sentencing of pro-Trump rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6, 2021. In an October 2022 hearing cited by Trump's attorneys, Judge Chutkan described the Capitol assault as "nothing less than an attempt to violently overthrow the government" by Trump's supporters, who "were there in fealty, in loyalty, to one man. It's a blind loyalty to one person who, by the way, remains free to this day." MORE: Trump files motion to have judge in federal election interference case disqualified In arguing for Ch...