Trump will Richterin im Wahlbetrugsverfahren absetzen lassen

Im Verfahren wegen versuchten Wahlbetrugs gegen ihn hat Ex-US-Präsident Trump einen Befangenheitsantrag gegen Richterin Chutkan gestellt. Frühere Aussagen von ihr ließen Zweifel an ihrer Unparteilichkeit aufkommen, behauptet Trump.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/trump-befangenheitsantrag-richterin-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Trump #Chutkan #Befangenheit

#Trump Demands Recusal of Judge #Chutkan in Federal Jan. 6 Case for 'Doing Her Job'

"Just Staying in the Headlines"

Former U.S. President Donald Trump's legal team on Monday asked the judge overseeing his federal election interference case—stemming from his efforts to overturn the 2020 results and him provoking the January 6, 2021 insurrection—to recuse herself, citing comments she made during cases involving some of his supporters who stormed the Capitol.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/judge-chutkan-trump

Lawyers for TFG, perceiving the Sword of Damocles over their client's head, ask Judge #Chutkan to recuse herself. They claim that factual statements made by her in 2022 indicate prejudgement of his guilt and bias. Earlier editions of this ploy have proven unsuccessful. He appears to take particular umbrage when a Black woman is to decide his fate. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-asks-judge-tanya-chutkan-jan-6-case-to-recuse-herself/

#Trump demands recusal by Judge #Chutkan in #federal #Jan6 prosecution

#Attorneys for Trump on Monday asked US District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan to disqualify herself from presiding over his federal #ElectionObstruction case, asserting that Chutkan in past cases involving #Jan6, 2021, riot defendants made statements that give the appearance that she has prejudged Trump’s guilt.

(Not going to happen)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/09/11/trump-chutkan-recusal-jan-6-judge/

#Trump #legal team filed complaint re prosecutors filing a motion under seal w/o consulting them.

Prosecutors responded that they did consult on the #filing, just not on the decision to #file it #UnderSeal, a process laid out by the #court.

Prosecutors alerted Juge #Chutkan to Trump's "daily" public statements

Chutkan *granted* Trump's #motion to #vacate

#Jan6 #ElectionInterference #Conspiracy
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.48.0_4.pdf

"I simply have to observe this: It probably irks Trump to no small degree that the professionalism, experience and skill of three powerful Black women—District Attorney Fani Willis in Georgia, Attorney General Letitia James in New York, and the Hon. Tanya Chutkan in D.C.—will largely determine his fate and even his freedom in this era of accountability.

Karma sometimes has a wicked sense of irony."

#Chutkan #FaniWillis #LetitiaJames #Trump #LawandOrder #BlackWomen
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"Pro-tip: If you’re a rich, white, famous defendant, you shouldn’t invoke a case comparing yourself to a group of Black teens who were falsely accused of rape, railroaded into show trials without effective counsel, and then unjustly sentenced to death. And you really shouldn’t do that before a Black judge who was a former public defender. To do so, as retired Judge LaDoris Cordell remarked to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, was not only wrong but 'stunningly stupid.'”

#Chutkan #Trump #LawandOrder
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"The way in which Judge Chutkan conducted herself—cool, no nonsense, factual—was in stark contrast to the tone of Trump’s lawyer, John Lauro. It sets up a dynamic and a model that other judges could look to when dealing with a bombastic, aggressive defense from Trump’s team."

~ Jay Kuo

#Chutkan #JudgeChutkan #Trump #crime #LawandOrder #InmateP01135809 #BigLie #insurrection

https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/all-rise-for-judge-tanya-chutkan

Judge #Chutkan of the DC District Court set the date for Jury selection in TFG's Federal trial for election interference and related charges for March 4, the same date Fulton County DA Willis had planned to start the state trial of him and 17 co-conspirators https://www.newsweek.com/judge-chutkan-fani-willis-disappointment-trump-trial-1823131

@jackposobiec Reviewed what evidence? It's not like #Chutkan was sharing the evidence she obtained with #Trump and his team...right?

@GottaLaff Did #Chutkan come up with any legitimate reason for scheduling a court date on the day before #SuperTuesday?

@GottaLaff
#Chutkan began her career as a public defender and she's still doing a terrific job at it.

The March 4, 2024 #TrialDate Judge #Chutkan set potentially conflicts w/ 2 other #Trump trials that month.

The DA in #FultonCounty, #Georgia, has proposed the same trial date.

The trial in #Manhattan, in which Trump has been accused of >30 #felonies connected to #HushMoney payments to a porn actress, is set to go to trial on Mar 25.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/28/us/politics/trump-trial-date-jan-6.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Judge Tanya #Chutkan says she will take a short #recess of 5 to 10 minutes, & come back with a #TrialDate for #Trump’s #DC #ElectionObstruction case.

#Jan6 #ElectionInterference #Conspiracy #law #legal #justice

Her appeal echoes a concern that #Chutkan raised at an Aug. 11 #hearing in the case. She indicated then that #Trump’s public statements — which are unusual in a #federal #criminal case, & the type of behavior that tends to anger judges — suggest that the #trial should happen quickly to avoid WitnessTampering & #influencing potential #jurors.

#Jan6 #ElectionInterference #Conspiracy #law #legal #justice #ElectionObstruction

#Prosecutor Molly Gaston just told Judge #Chutkan that the DC #ElectionObstruction case against #Trump should happen “as soon as possible” because TFG has been posting on #SocialMedia on a near-daily basis about the case & talking about #witnesses & #evidence, among other things.

“This potentially #prejudices the #jury pool,” #Gaston said. “And so under the #SpeedyTrialAct, Your Honor, we need to find a time for trial as soon as the #defense can reasonably be ready.”

#Jan6 #law #legal #justice

“Mr. #Trump is not above the law, but he is not below the law. He should not be treated differently than any other person that appears before your honor,” #Lauro said.

Judge #Chutkan looked & sounded skeptical of many of Lauro’s arguments. “You & I have a very very different estimate of the time that is needed to prepare for this case,” she said.

#Jan6 #ElectionInterference #Conspiracy #law #legal #justice

Judge Chutkan said each of the proposed schedules falls outside D.C. federal courthouse norms — & timelines for federal trials in general. She also expressed skepticism about the claims of #Trump’s #lawyers that they need >2years to read & analyze all the #evidence at issue in the #trial.

“Counsel is not #entitled to unlimited preparation time; #counsel is entitled to reasonable preparation time,” #Chutkan said.

#Jan6 #ElectionInterference #Conspiracy #law #legal #justice

Judge #Chutkan said she didn’t think #Trump’s #legal team or #prosecutors proposed a reasonable start date for the federal #trial in the DC case.

Trump’s lawyers proposed April 2026.
Federal prosecutors proposed Jan 2024.

“Neither of them is acceptable,” Chutkan said from the bench.

#Jan6 #ElectionInterference #Conspiracy #law #legal #justice

#Lauro argued that he needed ample time to review the #evidence & prepare a #defense for #Trump.

“This man’s liberty & life is at stake & he deserves an adequate representation,” Lauro said. “As an experienced defense #lawyer, we cannot do this in the time frame that the government has outlined.”

#Chutkan replied: “I understand, Mr. Lauro but you are not going to get two more years. This case is not going to trial in 2026.”

#Jan6 #ElectionInterference #Conspiracy #law #legal #justice