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☆ Federal Judge Rejects Trump’s Immunity Claims in Election Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Alan Feuer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The ruling by the judge, Tanya S. Chutkan, was her first denying one of Mr. Trump’s many motions to dismiss the election interference case, which is set to go to trial in Federal District Court in Washington in about three months. It offered a sweeping condemnation of what Judge Chutkan called Mr. Trump’s attempts to “usurp the reins of government” and cited foundational American texts like the Federalist Papers and George Washington’s farewell address. Mr. Trump’s lawyers had expected the immunity motion to fail. They have, in fact, been planning for weeks to use the defeat to begin a long-shot strategy to put off the impending trial. Mr. Trump’s lawyers first filed their immunity claims in October in a set of breathtaking court papers that maintained he could not be held accountable for any official actions he took as president, even after a grand jury had returned a four-count criminal indictment against him.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Tanya S, Chutkan, Trump’s, ”, George Washington’s, Chutkan’s Organizations: Federal, Court, Federalist Locations: Washington

☆ Federal Judge Reinstates Gag Order on Trump in Election Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Alan Feuer | More About Alan Feuer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A federal judge reinstated a gag order on former President Donald J. Trump on Sunday that had been temporarily placed on hold nine days earlier, reimposing restrictions on what Mr. Trump can say about witnesses and prosecutors in the case in which he stands accused of seeking to overturn the 2020 election. In making her decision, the judge, Tanya S. Chutkan, also denied a request by Mr. Trump’s lawyers to freeze the gag order for what could have been a considerably longer period, saying it can remain in effect as a federal appeals court in Washington reviews it. Judge Chutkan’s ruling about the order was posted publicly on PACER, the federal court database, late on Sunday, but her detailed order explaining her reasoning was not immediately available because of what appeared to be a glitch in the computer system. The dispute about the gag order, which was initially put in place on Oct. 16 after several rounds of court filings and a hard-fought hearing in Federal District Court in Washington, has for weeks pitted two significant legal arguments against each other.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Tanya S, Chutkan’s Organizations: PACER, Federal, Court Locations: Washington

Within hours of Judge Chutkan’s announcement at a hearing on Monday in Federal District Court in Washington that she would be imposing the order, Mr. Trump had already attacked it as an assault on his First Amendment rights. He then misrepresented the contents of Judge Chutkan’s ruling. “You know what a gag order is?” Mr. Trump, the current front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination, asked the crowd. “You can’t speak badly about your opponent.”In fact, Judge Chutkan’s order leaves Mr. Trump free to criticize President Biden, along with his administration and the Justice Department. Judge Chutkan’s order leaves Mr. Trump free to attack her, too.

Persons: Chutkan’s, Trump, ”, Biden, Mike Pence Organizations: Court, Republican, Justice Department Locations: Washington, Iowa

☆ Judge Denies Trump’s Request That She Recuse Herself in Election Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Alan Feuer | More About Alan Feuer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Seeking to disqualify a judge is a challenging and precarious move — one that, if it fails (which it often does), runs the risk of annoying the person granted the power to make critical decisions in the case. Mr. Trump’s lawyers filed their recusal motion two weeks ago, after Judge Chutkan handed them a significant defeat by scheduling the trial for March, much earlier than they had requested, but before they had filed any substantive motions to attack the charges Mr. Trump is facing. A judge’s decision to remain on a case is generally not subject to an immediate appeal — though Mr. Trump’s lawyers could in theory try. Judge Chutkan’s ruling not to disqualify herself came as she considers a potentially significant development in the case: whether to grant the government’s request to impose a gag order on Mr. Trump’s public statements about the case. In asking Judge Chutkan to step aside, Mr. Trump’s lawyers cited statements she had made about the former president at hearings for two defendants facing sentencing for crimes they committed on Jan. 6.

Persons: Judge Chutkan, Trump, Judge Chutkan’s, Christine Priola, Robert Palmer, ” Organizations: Capitol, ” Locations: Cleveland, Florida

☆ Texas Woman Charged With Threatening to Kill Judge in Trump Election Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Alan Feuer | More About Alan Feuer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mr. Trump has a long history of verbally attacking judges and other people involved in the criminal cases brought against him, particularly on social media. Almost immediately, Mr. Trump tested the boundaries of Judge Chutkan’s admonition by posting a series of messages on Truth Social that largely amplified the criticism that other people had lodged against her. VERY BIASED & UNFAIR.”The posts criticizing Judge Chutkan were published after Ms. Shry’s voice mail message. When federal agents visited Ms. Shry at home three days after she left the message for Judge Chutkan, she admitted that she had called the judge’s chambers, the complaint said. Ms. Shry told the agents that she had no plans to go to Washington or to Houston, the area that Ms. Lee represents.

Persons: Trump, Judge Chutkan, Mr, Trump’s, Mike Davis, “, she’s, Shry, Lee, Sheila Jackson Lee, Alvin Organizations: Trump, ” Locations: Washington, Houston

☆ Takeaways from Judge Chutkan’s contentious first hearing in the Trump 2020 election case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Tierney Sneed | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

As the presiding judge, Chutkan will play a major role in shaping the proceedings in the lead-up to and during the trial. A major throughline of the hearing was her insistence that Trump’s 2024 political campaign could not override the administration of justice in the case. This case is going to proceed in a normal order,” Chutkan said. But many of her rulings regarding the protective order fell in the prosecutors’ favor. Trump’s lawyers were arguing that other individuals, including volunteers, should be able to work through evidence to assist Trump in the case.

Persons: Tanya Chutkan, Jack Smith, Donald Trump, Trump, Chutkan, Smith, Aileen Cannon, Prosecutors, ”, John Lauro, “, Trump’s, …, Lauro, ” Chutkan Organizations: CNN, Trump, Justice Department, Justice, Capitol Locations: Florida, Washington

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