Former President Donald Trump lost his bid on Wednesday to recuse the federal judge presiding over his 2020 election subversion case after he claimed she couldn't be an impartial jurist.
U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected Trump's request to remove herself from the second case brought by special counsel Jack Smith, which followed an indictment earlier this year over his alleged mishandling of classified documents.
“The public must have confidence that President Trump’s constitutional rights are being protected by an unbiased judicial officer. No president is a king, but every president is a United States citizen entitled to the protections and rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution,” his lawyer John Lauro wrote in a court filing.
“Judge Chutkan has, in connection with other cases, suggested that President Trump should be prosecuted and imprisoned,” Trump’s attorneys wrote on Sept. 11.
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