ANALYSIS: Trump Election Case Judge Sets Tone With Denial of More Prep Time for Defense

District Judge Tanya Chutkan appears to have hinted at her attitude toward the defense of former President Donald Trump in the case involving Mr. Trump’s efforts to reverse the outcome of the 2020 election.

Former President Donald Trump speaks as the keynote speaker at the 56th Annual Silver Elephant Dinner hosted by the South Carolina Republican Party in Columbia, S.C., on Aug. 5, 2023. Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan appears to have hinted at her attitude toward the defense of former President Donald Trump in the case involving Mr. Trump’s efforts to reverse the outcome of the 2020 election.

On Aug. 5, the judge denied Mr. Trump’s team more time to respond to a gag order that the prosecutors have asked for. Some commentators have interpreted the order as Judge Chutkan’s signaling that she won’t put up with delay tactics on Mr. Trump’s part.