Former President Trump on Monday formally demanded the recusal of the federal judge overseeing his 2020 election subversion case in Washington, D.C.

Trump’s attorneys cited statements U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan made while sentencing two previous Jan. 6 defendants that appeared to reference Trump, arguing the comments create a perception that Chutkan prejudged Trump’s guilt before he was charged.

  • @bemenaker
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    541 year ago

    I demand trump write a full page ad in the NYT apologizing to America and the world for being such a douchebag racist asshole, and fucking everything up. And then proceed to jail.

    • @FReddit
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      271 year ago

      He did that once before, when he demanded the death penalty for the Central Park Five, who were wrongfully convicted.

      He is a racist piece of shit.

  • @randon31415
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    491 year ago

    Judges that are going to recuse themselves do so before they take on the case. This is both a stalling tactic and a fundraising technique. He probably already has the fundraising emails ready to go decrying the rigged liberal judge that refuses to recuse.

  • @just_another_person
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    471 year ago

    I do have to say…I’m loving Lemmy just for the crowd. Normally on Reddit, I’d be sorting through a mass of racist shitheads defending their shithead leader for an article like this, but most people here are just having conversations, whether they agree with the position of the linked content or not.

    It’s nice.

        • Flying Squid
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          121 year ago

          Why do people always do this? Just because you mention something you don’t like doesn’t mean you’re thinking about it all the time.

          Someone did this to me the other day on Lemmy. It was a post about something I thought of years ago and people laughed at me at the time and then I saw the article about it and commented, “fuck those people” and some person told me I should let go of the anger I’ve felt over this for years. I was like, “I haven’t even thought about this for years.”

          • @mightyfoolish
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            31 year ago

            Some people on Lemmy take your every post as a reflection of your personality and the truest part of your subconscious; whereas most of us are just wasting some time on the can…

        • daisy lazarus
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          1 year ago

          Add “regular_human” to the pile

        • @Dkarma
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          21 year ago

          Communism usually is…lol

  • @0110010001100010
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    301 year ago

    So um…bets on how detailed she goes in her “fuck no” statement? Think it’s going to be simple like a sentence or just a “no” or something extended?

  • Flying Squid
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    271 year ago

    The judge should say, “sure. As soon as Clarence Thomas starts recusing himself.”

    • @CharlesDarwin
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      21 year ago

      I imagine the ketchup cleaning crew has been stepped up a notch in the past year or so…

  • @TheJims
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    161 year ago

    Lol Clarence Thomas first

    • @Wilibus
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      -71 year ago

      A US citizen with rights. Among them a right to a fair trial and as this judge clearly already believes he’s guilty.

      I tend to agree, and I hope this seditious cheetoh rots in a jail cell, but that doesn’t change the objective nature of his request.

      • Echo Dot
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        71 year ago

        Things what live under rocks think he is guilty.

        It’ll be hard to find someone who is impartial who doesn’t have a preformed opinion about him. He has the right to a fair trial, he has no right to a judge who likes him.

  • morgan423
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    151 year ago

    Chutkan: Recuse myself? No, I don’t think I will, thank you.

  • @Tronn4
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    111 year ago

    You have no power here! 😅

  • @ohlaph
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    91 year ago

    Oh course he is trying to make demands. Obviously it’s damaging to his case so he wants the recusal.