Former US president Donald Trump says he will petition to have a different judge oversee his historic criminal trial and for the case to be moved out of Washington
Former US president Donald Trump has said he will petition to have a different judge oversee his historic criminal trial and for the case to be moved out of Washington.
His latest target: US District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan, the appointee of Democratic former president Barack Obama who was randomly assigned to the case in Washington. "We will be immediately asking for recusal of this judge on very powerful grounds, and likewise for venue change," out of Washington -- a majority Black city that leans heavily Democratic, Trump continued.
She has a legal history with Trump, having ruled against him in a November 2021 case in which she notably declared that"presidents are not kings." And she has handed down lengthy sentences to Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol on January 6 of that year.On Saturday she denied their motion to extend a deadline for responding to the US government's protective order request that could limit what Trump and his lawyers can share publicly about his case.
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