Judge Denies Trump Request to Strike ‘Inflammatory’ Statements About Jan. 6 From Indictment

Trump attorneys argue that DOJ’s indictment contained prejudicial, inflammatory, and irrelevant statements about Jan. 6, 2021.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in a file photo. Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts via AP

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued an order on Nov. 17 denying former President Donald Trump’s attempts to remove from his indictment certain statements related to the events of Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol.

President Trump’s legal team, she said, had failed to show that inclusion of the statements was “prejudicial,” as required by federal law.