Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., will introduce a House resolution to censure and condemn U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan, who's presiding over former President Donald Trump’s criminal case in Washington, D.C.
Gaetz's resolution also calls for the House Judiciary Committee to investigate the judge for conducting her court with "open bias and partisanship" in handling the cases of people linked to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol.
"It is deeply concerning that a United States District Court judge would exhibit such blatant political bias from the bench," Gaetz said in a Friday press release. "Judge Tanya Chutkan’s extreme sentencing of January 6th defendants, while openly supporting the violent Black Lives Matter riots of 2020, showcases a complete disregard for her duty of impartiality and the rule of law.
"Justice may be blind, but the American people are not — we see Judge Chutkan for her actions, and we rebuke them in the greatest possible sense."
Trump also has accused the judge of being "very biased & unfair!"
Special counsel Jack Smith indicted Trump on four counts related to Trump's efforts to remain in power after the 2020 election.
Gaetz's press release said Chutkan was appointed as a district judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by President Barack Obama "after donating thousands of dollars to get him elected."
"During her time on the bench, Judge Chutkan has inappropriately expressed support for violent protests that occurred in the summer of 2020, all the while handing down multiple tough sentences to non-violent January 6th defendants," the press release said.
"Additionally, during a sentencing hearing in October 2022, she inappropriately lamented that President Donald Trump 'remains free to this day.'"
On Aug. 6, Trump said he would ask his legal team to request that Chutkan be removed from the case and that he would be seeking a change of venue because the jury pool in Washington, D.C., likely will be filled with Democrat voters.
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