Trump’s attorneys say Judge Tanya Chutkan has made statements that “create a perception of prejudgment.”

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      You could also cross out either black or woman from that sentence and it will still ring true for him. Take your pick.

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    Of course he didn’t ask the judge assigned to his case that HE APPOINTED to recuse herself.

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    “This was nothing less than an attempt to violently overthrow the government, the legally, lawfully, peacefully elected government, by individuals who were mad that their guy lost,” Chutkan said during one October 2022 hearing, later adding, “it’s blind loyalty to one person who, by the way, remains free to this day.” (my emphasis)

    “The people who exhorted you and encouraged you and rallied you to go and take action and to fight have not been charged,” Chutkan said during Palmer’s December 2021 sentencing hearing.

    Those are simple statements of fact.

    Trump’s attorneys have indicated they may seek removal to federal court in another of his cases, in which he’s charged alongside 18 co-defendants in Fulton County, Georgia, for allegedly orchestrating a “criminal enterprise” to thwart the 2020 election results in battleground state.

    Judge Jones’ ruling denying Meadows’ motion to remove makes it absolutely clear that none of these Georgia defendants meet the “low bar” for federal protection from State prosecution for performing their federal duties. Why? Because interfering in a State election is not a federal duty.

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    …and upon his conviction, this will be submitted as grounds for appeal. It will never ever end for Trump.

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    It’s too bad Harlan Crow only allows one black person in his life. If this judge was a friend of his, Trump wouldn’t have asked that.