Former President Donald Trump has asked District Judge Tanya Chutkan to recuse herself from a federal election subversion case brought against him by special counsel Jack Smith, according to a court filing submitted on Sept. 11.
In the filing (pdf), President Trump pointed to public comments that Judge Chutkan, an Obama appointee, made in cases involving Jan. 6, 2021, protesters. Those statements and others “unavoidably taint these proceedings, regardless of outcome,” it said.
