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'Blood, feces and terror': Judge Chutkan unleashes on Trump in response to Jan. 6 pardons

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https://www.alternet.org/trump-new-fani-willis/

attack, protective order?

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Earlier this week, Judge Tanya Chutkan allowed for the public release of Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith's appendix in Trump's D.C. election interference case. That appendix contains a bulk of additional evidence cited in Smith's 165-page dossier, which he submitted earlier this month to make his case that Trump can't claim his attempt to overturn the 2020 election was an "official act" that falls under the Supreme Court's newly established presidential immunity doctrine.

Trump's lawyers unsuccessfully argued that allowing for the release of the appendix would amount to "election interference," and that she should instead delay publication until after the November election. But as former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance, Chutkan countered that not releasing the appendix would, in effect, be its own form of election interference on Trump's behalf.

"This is about the prosecution. It is not about the election. And Chutkan draws that line very clearly. She says she is conducting a courtroom proceeding, not an election," Vance explained. "And there is a presumption in criminal cases, it is an important part of the system, this is that the proceedings should be as public as possible. We don't close our courtrooms in America."

"What Judge Chutkan ultimately said to Donald Trump is, 'look, you're asking for special treatment, I'm not going to give it... I'm not giving you that special treatment here,'" Vance added. "And that's what Donald Trump objects to so violently, and this whole proceeding, is that Judge Chutkan simply is not giving him special treatment."

The former president being indignant about not getting his way in Chutkan's courtroom is indeed a sharp contrast to the leniency he's been given elsewhere. In July's *Trump v. United States* decision, the conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court overruled both Chutkan and the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in granting Trump absolute broad immunity from criminal prosecution for all "official acts" carried out while in office. Just weeks later, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon — who Trump appointed in 2020 — dismissed Smith's 37-count felony indictment of Trump for allegedly mishandling classified documents due to that ruling (Smith has appealed Cannon's decision to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals).

Trump has even been able to get special treatment in the New York courtroom where he was found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records earlier this year. While he was supposed to be sentenced in July, Judge Juan Merchan moved the sentencing date back to September after the Supreme Court handed down its immunity ruling. And shortly before the former president's September sentencing date, Merchan pushed sentencing back once again to after the November election. And if Trump wins the election, it's likely that sentencing date would be put on hold for at least four years, as his attorneys would likely argue that the duties of the presidency supersede a criminal sentence in Manhattan.

However, Vance argued to MSNBC host Katie Phang that Chutkan's actions prove that Americans shouldn't lose faith in the criminal justice system just yet. She acknowledged that while it is "understandably difficult" for followers of Trump's legal cases to deal with the slow pace of the courts, Chutkan is acting deliberately and will not be influenced by politics.

"People love to talk about how the wheels of justice run slowly... I will tell you, Katie, my experience of the federal prosecutor for 25 years says these cases do come together slowly. They do not happen overnight," Vance said. "I think that's a narrative trap that we've fallen into, this idea that Trump always wins. Guess what? Trump is not winning in a federal courtroom in Washington, D.C. Instead, a judge is treating him fairly... Jack Smith will get a fair trial, the American people will get a fair trial, Donald Trump will get a fair trial if this case is permitted to proceed."

Watch Vance's segment below, or by clicking this link.

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Whether former President Donald Trump is ever truly held accountable for his crimes depends entirely upon the outcome of the November election. And as The Atlantic's Quinta Jurecic writes, he largely has the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to thank for that.

In her Wednesday essay, Jurecic — a senior editor at Lawfare — laid out how SCOTUS' 6-3 conservative supermajority has consistently been the former president's strongest ally in his efforts to stay out of prison. She posited that Trump may already be behind bars after being found guilty of 34 felonies in New York earlier this year were it not for SCOTUS' assistance in his stalling tactics.

According to Jurecic, the Court signaled that it would be playing a significant role in the former president's efforts to delay criminal accountability when it granted a*writ of certiorari* to hear Trump's argument for absolute broad criminal immunity. The Court's decision to hear the case despite both U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan and the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals agreeing that the president was not above the law meant that the final decision in Trump v. United States wouldn't be announced until just a few months before the election.

After the 6-3 decision was handed down in July, Trump was then able to leverage that in two or his four criminal cases in New York and Washington, D.C. Jurecic explained that thanks to the decision's vague wording — in which presidents are granted immunity for "official acts" but lower courts have to decide what constitutes an "official act" — Trump's delay campaign is aided by legal murkiness.

Judge Chutkan noted in a recent hearing that her decisions could still be subject to reversal by SCOTUS "no matter what I do." This means that despite given latitude by SCOTUS to decide how the immunity ruling is to be applied in her courtroom, conservatives on the SCOTUS bench could still end up throwing out her decisions if they don't approve of them.

"[H]ow is she to identify the fuzzy line between unofficial and official conduct? The Supreme Court has provided precisely no guidance. According to a scheduling order that Chutkan released following last week’s hearing, the briefing alone on the immunity question will take until October 29, six days before the election," Jurecic wrote. "And, importantly, because the Court also indicates that Trump can immediately appeal any decision from lower courts on these questions—what’s known as an 'interlocutory appeal'—whatever Chutkan does could well be subject to months and months of additional litigation."

Jurecic noted that the original July sentencing date for Trump's felony convictions that was pushed back to September was once again delayed until late November — weeks after the presidential election. She argued this abundance of caution from Judge Juan Merchan is not his own doing, but rather the situation he was forced into thanks to the massive legal grey area created by the Trump v. United States decision.

"For those who hoped that Trump might finally face criminal accountability before the election, this is a frustrating dodge—another example of the legal system’s apparent inability to hold Trump responsible for his actions," she wrote. "But the real villain here isn’t Bragg or Merchan, who are doing their best to carry out justice under difficult circumstances. It’s the Supreme Court, which created an unmanageable situation that played directly into Trump’s goal of delaying a legal reckoning."

"None of this was preordained. The Supreme Court didn’t need to take up the immunity case to begin with. Once it did, the overwhelming majority of experts and commentators—myself included—expected that, at most, the Court would fashion a rule carving out some limited category of immunized conduct, perhaps creating difficulties in the January 6 case but certainly not creating problems in New York," she continued. "Instead, the conservative justices issued a ruling that not only established a sweeping and poorly defined immunity but also created so many avenues for challenge and confusion that the Court functionally collaborated in Trump’s strategy of delay."

Click here to read Jurecic's full essay in the Atlantic.

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trump legal cases' judges, prosecutors have been attacked by right-wing media and threatened by the public

WRITTEN BY JACK WINSTANLEY & GIDEON TAAFFE

PUBLISHED 05/30/24

In addition to death threats, swatting attempts, and envelopes full of white powder, many of the judges and prosecutors involved in former President Donald Trump's various legal battles have also faced abuse from right-wing media figures. These public servants have been demonized as politically motivated, corrupt, and unethical, and in several cases right-wing media have attacked judges' families as well.

## Threats against public officials are increasing amid Trump's attacks on his political and legal opponents

- The New York Times recently reported that political violence and threats against public officials have been on the rise since 2020. The Times noted Trump's role in this trend, writing, “The former president has long used personal attacks as a strategy to intimidate his adversaries. He has turned that tactic on the judges and prosecutors involved in his various legal cases, all of whom have subsequently been threatened.” The New York Times, [5/19/24]

## Special counsel Jack Smith

Special counsel Jack Smith, who was appointed to oversee two investigations into Trump — one related to his retention of classified documents, and another into his efforts to overturn the 2020 election — was subjected to an attempted swatting raid alongside other threats since his appointment. Smith has been repeatedly targeted by both Trump and his right-wing media sympathizers. They hit Smith with personal attacks and made misleading claims about the cases he is presenting against the former president.

- In August, Fox News’ Mark Levin attacked Smith, saying, “This guy is sleazy, he's destroying our republic, he's destroyed our electoral system.” Fox News, *Fox & Friends*, [8/3/23]

- On Newsmax, Trump official Peter Navarro said Trump must order a future attorney general to prosecute Jack Smith for “seditious conspiracy.” Newsmax, *Rob Schmitt Tonight*, [8/1/23]

- While ranting against Trump’s various indictments, Levin stated that “Jack the Ripper Smith, his ass should be dragged in front of a committee in Congress whether he likes it or not.” Additionally, he stated that Smith’s “family is bloated with Obama Democrats.” Fox News, *Hannity*, [3/30/23]

- Fox host Laura Ingraham said, “AG Garland and his prosecutorial hitman Jack Smith are doing more damage to America than any group of Capitol rioters ever could.” Fox News, *The Ingraham Angle*, [8/7/23]

## District Attorney Fani Willis

At least two people have been charged with making threats against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis while she has been prosecuting Trump for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia. Trump and right-wing media figures have frequently targeted Willis, saying that she is “corrupt” and that her case against Trump is politically motivated.

- While discussing Trump’s indictment in Georgia, Fox News contributor Newt Gingrich stated on Hannity, “I think what you're seeing tonight is one tree in a forest and I think we are drifting towards the greatest constitutional crisis since the 1850s and the rise of secession and the Civil War.” He suggested that the indictments against Trump are “a desperate last-ditch effort by a corrupt machine to destroy their most dangerous opponent, in a way which … breaks the Constitution, destroys the rule of law.” Fox News, *Hannity*, [8/14/23].

- Right-wing podcaster Tim Pool responded to a post claiming that the “Fulton County DA went insane” with the comment “Civil war.” He later posted, “The only path forward is escalation. Either Trump is a cult leader trying to overthrow the US Or Democrats are engaged in seditious conspiracy to steal power.” Twitter/X, [8/15/23, 8/15/23]

- Fox host Mark Levin said of the indictment brought forward by Willis: “Stalin would be proud. I'm sure Putin’s proud." He called the indictment “the motions of justice,” compared it to the actions of “autocratic regimes,” and said Willis has “been doing a number of outrageous things.” Fox News, *Hannity*, [8/14/23]

## District Attorney Alvin Bragg

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg — who is currently prosecuting Trump for allegedly making hush money payments to a porn star in an effort to influence the 2016 election — has been repeatedly targeted with death threats. Bragg’s office has been “inundated with racist emails” and letters since he indicted Trump, including one death threat that was mailed to his office along with a white powder. Both Trump and right-wing media figures have lobbed extreme attacks against Bragg, who they have repeatedly claimed is a “Soros-backed” district attorney.

- Fox host Greg Gutfeld claimed Alvin Bragg “has more blood on his hands than the Wuhan market.” Gutfeld also claimed that Bragg “is reinventing it [the justice system] as a prosecution arm for the hard left, which should be pretty chilling to everybody because no one is safe if he can do this.” Fox News, *The Five*, [3/22/23]

- Former Trump adviser Stephen Miller claimed that Bragg’s case showed that “we are now living in a post-Constitution, post-truth era where progressive, Soros-backed prosecutors will decide for themselves who is free and who is not.” While appearing on the now-defunct Tucker Carlson Tonight, Miller warned, “If we allow our legal system to become weaponized in this way, then all of our freedoms exist solely on the sufferance of whichever prosecutor is in charge wherever we live.” Fox News, *Tucker Carlson Tonight*, [3/23/23]

- On his radio show, Fox's Mark Levin stated, “Alvin Bragg should wind up in prison. He's interfering with this election.” Westwood One, *The Mark Levin Show*, [4/4/24]

## Judge Juan Merchan

Judge Juan Merchan is presiding over Trump’s hush money trial. Both Merchan and his family have been the target of threats, which has resulted in the judge taking measures to protect himself and his family. Conservative media have defended Trump’s smears against Merchan’s daughter and have amplified the former president’s attacks.

- Trump ally and far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer said Trump wouldn’t need to attack Merchan’s daughter if the judge’s family members “were ethical and they stopped posting about Trump going to jail.” She then downplayed the attacks, adding, “They're so overdramatic, these people.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [3/28/24]

- Fox host Laura Ingraham claimed that it “sure looks like an apparent conflict of interest that the judge’s daughter has” while calling Trump’s trial a “fraud.” Her guest, former Trump impeachment defense lawyer David Schoen, added, “The appearance of impropriety is clear, so he should recuse himself for that reason.” Fox News, *The Ingraham Angle*, [4/2/24]

- War Room co-host Natalie Winters accused Merchan of conspiring with progressive donor George Soros and the Brennan Center to wage “lawfare” against Trump, citing Merchan’s daughter’s company ties with Democrats and progressive organizations. Winters also claimed that the organization run by Merchan’s daughter worked for a “Chinese Communist Party influence group behind Confucius Institutes - hotbeds of propaganda and espionage banned by Trump.” Twitter/X, [5/14/24, 5/13/24]

- On Fox News’ America’s Newsroom, attorney Jonna Spilbor speculated about whether people had “filed complaints with the committee on judicial conduct complaining about the fact that he should have recused himself.” Spilbor also asserted that “people who are not fans of Donald Trump should be looking at this prosecution and saying to themselves, ‘This scares me, because if they can do it to him, they can do it to me, my husband, my wife, my brother, sister, anybody.’” Fox News, *America’s Newsroom*, [5/13/24]

- :{:{Real America’s Voice host Wayne Allyn Root wrote that Merchan would “wind up in Guantanamo for life for TREASON.” He also called the trial a “rigged communist show trial run by [a] communist judge” and added, “I'll be the one clapping as they take him away in leg irons.” Twitter/X, [4/30/24]}:

Judge Tanya Chutkan}:

Judge Tanya Chutkan was appointed to oversee Trump’s election interference case and now has faced multiple instances of harassment. Chutkan has reportedly received threatening phone calls and was seemingly the victim of a swatting attempt. The justice has been a target of right-wing media’s vitriol, which has included calls for her to recuse herself from Trump’s case.

- Fox’s Mark Levin called Chutkan “a whack job.” He then asked his audience, “Do you think Trump will get a fair shot with her? Of course not.” He added, “The system is really truly rigged.” Westwood One, *The Mark Levin Show*, [8/2/23]

- On WABC’s now-discontinued Chat with the Mayor, host and alleged Trump co-conspirator Rudy Giuliani called Chutkan “the most inhumane sentencer on the court for January 6 people” and said she is “hardly … going to be balanced in this case.” He went on to claim, “This is the Soviet Union, Red China, or Nazi Germany. That judge should recuse herself if she has any ethics.” Rolling Stone, [8/1/23; WABC, Chat with the Mayor, 8/2/23; The New York Times, 5/10/24]

- On Newsmax, former Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka said Trump’s case “is their attempt to steal 2024” and called Chutkan “the worst January 6 judge possible.” He cited Chutkan’s role in ruling to convict January 6 rioters, saying, “This is a political hit job, nothing else.” Newsmax, *Rob Schmitt Tonight*, [8/1/23]

- On Fox News' Jesse Watters Primetime, a graphic depicted Chutkan as “the Obama Punisher.” Host Jesse Watters described her as “an Obama donor, nicknamed ‘the Punisher’ for how harsh she’s been with January 6 defendants.” Fox News, *Jesse Watters Primetime*, [8/2/23]

## Judge Arthur Engoron

While presiding over Trump’s civil fraud trial, Judge Arthur Engoron and his clerk, Allison Greenfield, reportedly were “bombarded” with death threats and antisemitic attacks. In one instance, an individual paid a website for private information about Engoron, which law enforcement said “confirmed intentions to follow through with the threats” if Engoron did not “cease action” against Trump. Trump himself had shared calls for a “citizens arrest” of Engoron and District Attorney Letitia James.

- On his War Room podcast, Steve Bannon called Engoron a “crazy Nazi judge.” Bannon also insinuated that Engoron would go after other Trump allies, stating to MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, “They’re trying to bankrupt him [Trump], they’re trying to bankrupt you.” Media Matters, [1/30/24]

- Infowars' Alex Jones called Engoron a “virulent anti-free speech guy” and a “kook” and a “political operative.” Jones went on to claim that Engoron would be “rewarded as the Democrats continue to have dictatorship — they’ll make this guy a Supreme Court Justice.” Infowars, *The Alex Jones Show*, [11/10/23]

- On her Rumble livestream, Laura Loomer justified the attacks against Engoron and his family, saying that “Trump wouldn't need to attack the members of these, the family members of these judges if they actually were ethical.” She singled out Engoron’s wife and added that the outrage over Trump’s repeated attacks against Engoron was “overdramatic.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [3/28/24]

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Johnson demands all Trump prosecutions cease, vows to use Congress 'in every possible way' - Alternet.org

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red tie brigade incl maga mike at hush money trial trashing judge and ct system

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## Wallace and Chutkan are presiding over two Trump cases

- Colorado District Court Judge Sarah Wallace is presiding over a 14th Amendment case against Trump, which will decide whether Trump should be disqualified from having his name on the ballot in the state in 2024 over his alleged role on January 6. Reuters, [10/30/23]
- U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan is overseeing Trump’s litigation in D.C. and recently reinstated a gag order on the former president following a temporary freeze after Trump appealed.CNN, [10/30/23;Axios, 10/20/23]

## Right-wing media have attacked Colorado Judge Wallace
- Michael Knowles of The Daily Wire suggested that Wallace’s decision to allow a lawsuit regarding Trump's eligibility for office under the 14th Amendment to move forward could result in another civil war. Knowles remarked: “Civil wars happen. And the liberals would appear to be cultivating the conditions to make it much more likely.” Media Matters, [10/24/23]

- On X, Fox News host Mark Levin shared an NBC News article about the case, adding, “We have a real problem in America with tyrannical leftwing judges who run their courtrooms like political circuses.”Twitter/X, [10/30/23]

- On his show War Room, Steve Bannon called Wallace “radical” while his guest, Mike Davis, a right-wing judicial activist, called on her to recuse herself from the case.Real America’s Voice, *War Room*, [10/30/23]

- Later on, Bannon claimed the case is happening in a kangaroo court that’s “every bit as deadly as the Nazi judges and Stalin show trial.” Real America’s Voice, *War Room*, [10/30/23]

- Davis also made an appearance on Fox News’ The Ingraham Angle and called Wallace “biased” and cited a $100 donation to the Colorado Turnout Project she made prior to taking the bench. He went on: “I think she’s going to rule for these Democrat operatives and try to take President Trump off the ballot here in Colorado. And I think that Democrats are going to try to use that precedent to go to other states like Minnesota and Michigan. So, it looks like the Supreme Court of the United States is going to have to step in here and fix this eventually.” Fox News, *The Ingraham Angle*, [10/30/23; Colorado Politics, 10/30/23]

- On X, Mike Davis wrote: “New Denver District Judge Sarah Wallace, a Democrat Donor, Commits Reversible Error By Refusing to Recuse from Trump January 6th Case After Donating to Anti-Trump January 6th PAC.”He went on to ask, “Will the public reasonably believe she can give Trump a fair January 6th-related bench trial after she donated to an anti-Trump January 6th PAC ? The answer is clearly not.” Twitter/X, [10/30/23]

- Davis also posted on X a clip of his appearance on War Room, adding, “Anyone with a brain can see that she can’t objectively be fair to President Trump given her past donation to a leftist cause.” Twitter/X, [10/30/23]
- Replying to Davis’ post, bigoted social media personality Mike Cernovich wrote, “Judges are overtly flaunting the law as a show of force. It’s Stalin era tactics.” Twitter/X, [10/30/23]

- On GETTR, Bannon wrote: “Crazed Left Wing Judge and Radical Secretary of State for Colorado Attempt to Remove President Trump from Ballot in 2024.” GETTR, [10/30/23]

- Davis joined Jack Posobiec on his show Human Events Daily and called Wallace “clearly biased,” adding, “No one in their right mind thinks that this judge is going to be fair.” Posobiec described Wallace as a “left-wing judge” and called the case “a bench trial,” referring to a type of trial with no jury. Real America’s Voice, *Human Events Daily*, [10/30/23]

- On X, previously known as Twitter, pro-Trump troll and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer called Judge Wallace “another political hack” and “a MAJOR Trump-hater.”Loomer also went after Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, calling her “a communist who was funded by George Soros.” Twitter/X, [10/30/23]

- Loomer also took aim at Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) for not attacking Wallace, claiming she’s been “silent” about the case.She asked, “How come you don’t have any condemnation for Judge Sarah Wallace and the efforts to take Trump off the ballot in Colorado, which you supposedly ‘represent’ when you aren’t getting drunk on dates with Democrats?” In a separate post, Loomer said that if “Boebert is too dumb to see how this lawsuit will ultimately impact her race, then she doesn’t deserve to be in Congress.” Twitter/X, [10/30/23, 10/30/23]

- In another post, Loomer described Wallace as “the radical Leftist judge overseeing the anti—Trump trial in Colorado.” She then claimed the case is “direct ELECTION INTERFERENCE” and “pure lawfare, orchestrated by partisan Democrats and their left-wing financiers to cheat the American electoral system and deprive the American voters of their rightful choice for a President.” Twitter/X, [10/30/23]

- The right-wing publication National Pulse ran a headline on an article about the lawsuit reading, “NOW: Soros’s ‘Kick Trump Off Ballot’ Case Begins, With Far-Left, Democrat Donor Judge.” The National Pulse, [10/30/23]

- Breitbart wrote: “Democrat-Appointed Colorado Judge Greenlights Effort to Kick Trump Off 2024 Ballot.”Breitbart, [10/23/23]

- Sean Spicer, former press secretary and communications director for Trump and current host of The Sean Spicer Show, wrote on X, “Talk about election interference.... Colorado judge paves way for trial on whether 14th Amendment disqualifies Trump from office.” Twitter/X, [10/26/23]

- Right-wing commentator Rogan O’Handley, or DC_Draino, complained on X that “Democrat” Wallace refused to recuse herself.He added, “FAKE SHOW TRIAL!” Twitter/X, [10/30/23]

- On X, Catturd wrote, “The reason Democrats are trying to get Trump off the ballot in Colorado is because cheating is the only way they can win elections. It’s really that simple.” Twitter/X, [10/30/23]
## MAGA media figures and trolls have renewed attacks against D.C. Judge Chutkan
- Users on 4chan have unleashed a barrage of racist images and antisemitic rhetoric against Judge Chutkan. 4chan, [10/31/23, 10/31/23, 10/30/23]

- In a post on X, pro-Trump troll and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer called Chutkan “the Obama appointed affirmative action poster child.” Twitter/X, [10/30/23]

- Fox News host Mark Levin posted on X calling Judge Chutkan “a disgrace.”He went on to argue, “The DC courts need to be broken up, its jurisdiction for high profile cases withdrawn, and the judicial seats and subject-matter jurisdictions should be moved to other parts of the country.” Twitter/X, [10/30/23]

- On Fox News, host Laura Ingraham said, “The Democrats are getting a lot of help from federal Judge Tanya Chutkan.” Fox News, *The Ingraham Angle*, [10/30/23]
- Right-wing judicial activist Mike Davis called Chutkan an “obnoxiously partisan DC Obama judge” on X.Twitter/X, [10/30/23]

- Conservative commentator Julie Kelly also posted on X that “Chutkan shouldn’t be within 100 miles of this case given her inflammatory, biased, and inaccurate statements in court about Trump and Jan 6. But here we are.” Twitter/X, [10/30/23]

- Jim Hoft of the Gateway Pundit wrote in a headline, “Obama-Appointed Judge Chutkan Reinstates Gag Order on President Trump.” In the piece, Hoft describes her as the “Jamaican-born Obama- appointed Judge Tanya Chutkan.” The Gateway Pundit, [10/29/23]

- On X, Tom Fitton of the conservative legal organization Judicial Watch reposted an earlier tweet of his in light of the reinstatement, saying, “Judge Chutkan has now effectively taken over Trump's presidential campaign.” Twitter/X, [10/17/23]
- In another post, Fitton called the developments in the case “election interference by the Biden regime and anti-Trump judge.....” Twitter/X, [10/29/23]

- Responding to a piece from Conservative Brief on the gag order, far-right political commentator Sebastian Gorka wrote, “This is no longer Republican vs Democrat. It's The People vs The Establishment. Good vs Evil.” Twitter/X, [10/30/23]

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https://www.mediamatters.org/2020-election-lawsuits/conservatives-bash-judge-trumps-indictment-call-her-recusal

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right-wing media are attacking Judge Tanya Chutkan, who will preside over Donald Trump’s pending criminal case in Washington D.C.

Chutkan was randomly selected to preside over the case. Appointed by former President Obama, she has been described as a “tough Jan. 6 sentencer”of defendants who participated in the insurrection, though she has “avoided some of the most pointed criticisms of Trump that some of her colleagues on the federal bench in D.C. have delivered.”

Media figures on the right have leveled numerous attacks and charges against her, describing her as politically motivated, and calling for her recusal in the case against the former president.

Fox News host Mark Levin described Chutkan as “the worst, radical, left-wing, Obama judge in America”on Fox and Friends, adding that Trump would be indicted for “drinking too much orange juice.”
On his radio show, Levin reiterated his claim and called Chutkan “a whack job.” He then asked, “Do you think Trump will get a fair shot with her? Of course not.” He added, “And so the system is really truly rigged. Really truly rigged.”
On WABC’s Chat with the Mayor, alleged co-conspirator Rudy Giuliani called her “the most inhumane sentencer on the court for January 6 people.” He went on to claim, “This is the Soviet Union, Red China, or Nazi Germany. That judge should recuse herself if she has any ethics.”
Newsmax host Greg Kelly called Chutkan “a bad judge” for Trump’s case and said, “She has major conflicts.”
The Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro called Chutkan “a very left-wing judge” and said, “It is certainly fair to point out that Jack Smith is filing in a court in Washington D.C. with probably the most Trump-hating judge in Washington D.C.”
Newsmax host Eric Bolling called Judge Chutkan “a very harsh judge on anything surrounding January 6.”
On her SiriusXM show, Megyn Kellyp**redicted, “This judge is going to hate Trump, and she's not going to dismiss this case on the papers.”
Newsmax host Sebastian Gorka said, “This is their attempt to steal 2024,” and called Chutkan “the worst January 6 judge possible — an Obama appointee who has given the harshest sentences to people who walked through the velvet ropes on January 6.”
Laura Ingraham said she has “doubts about her” and said, “I want to remind you tonight that she worked for Hunter Biden's law firm at one point, Boies and Schiller.”
On Fox Business, Alan Dershowitz and Kash Patel called for Chutkan to recuse herself from Trump’s case, with Derschowitz calling her former law firm “one of the most corrupt firms” and accusing them of being “Democratic hacks.”
Dershowitz also appeared on BlazeTV’s The Glenn Beck Program and asserted that Chutkan “has a very questionable background” and “worked for years for a firm that’s highly questionable.”
On Steve Bannon’s War Room, Patel again called for Chutkan’s recusal, saying, “She’s so entrenched through her past legal representations and family to the Democratic national party and the Hillary Clinton campaign that she could not be a fair, detached … arbiter of facts.”
On Fox News' Jesse Watters Primetime, an over-the-shoulder graphic featured an image of Chutkan with the words, “the Obama Punisher,” and host Jesse Watters described her as “an Obama donor.”
Turning Point USA’s Benny Johnson called Chutkan “a very nasty judge” and added, “This judge worked with Hunter Biden at a law firm. This judge should be recused, of course.”
On Newsmax, co-host Bianca de la Garza pointed to the ties between Chutkan’s law firm and the president’s son, saying, “The person who runs it is ahuge donor to the Democratic party.” She predicted that Trump’s team would request a different judge to preside over the case.
On Newsmax’s special coverage of the indictment, Newsmax contributor Joe diGenova said Chutkan will be “very, very bad for Donald Trump” and suggested there’s a risk “that she will not conduct a proper jury selection process” in Trump’s case.
On hisradio show, Fox News host Sean Hannitysaid, “The Obama-appointed judge overseeing this case once worked for the same law firm as Hunter Biden. Is anybody going to call that a conflict of any kind? I’d say that might be a conflict.”

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The indictment regarding Trump’s alleged criminal actions after the 2020 election, which was handed down on August 1, has sent right-wing media into a spiral as they defend the former president. Criticisms of the indictment range from questions over the legality of Jack Smith’s role as special counsel to claims that the charges criminalize free speech to comparisons of +

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