{"id":1992472,"date":"2023-08-06T13:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T17:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-his-team-will-seek-recusal-of-judge-and-venue-change-in-jan-6-case\/"},"modified":"2023-08-06T13:50:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T17:50:10","slug":"trump-says-his-team-will-seek-recusal-of-judge-and-venue-change-in-jan-6-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-his-team-will-seek-recusal-of-judge-and-venue-change-in-jan-6-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump plans to request judge&#8217;s recusal and venue change in Jan. 6 case."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-his-team-will-seek-recusal-of-judge-and-venue-change-in-jan-6-case%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1992472&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former President Donald Trump Slams Judge in Election Subversion Case<\/h2>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump\u200b took to Truth Social on \u2063Sunday to criticize the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-head-of-doj-tax-division-urges-federal-judge-to-trash-hunter-biden-plea-deal\/\" title=\"Ex-DOJ Tax Division Chief urges judge to reject Hunter Biden plea deal.\">federal judge assigned<\/a> to\u200b his \u2063case regarding alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 election. \u2063Trump \u200dexpressed his belief that he \u2064would\u200c not receive a fair trial with Judge Tanya Chutkan \u2064presiding, citing her previous\u200b rulings and \u2063her appointment by former President Barack\u2063 Obama.<\/p>\n<p>Trump stated, &#8220;There is no way I \u2063can get a fair trial with the judge \u200b&#8217;assigned&#8217; \u200dto \u200bthe ridiculous freedom of speech\/fair elections\u200d case. Everybody\u200d knows\u2064 this, and so does she!&#8221; He further announced that\u200c his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-key-points-from-trump-campaign-press-conference-on-challenges-to-election-results\/\" title=\"9 Key Points from Trump Campaign Press Conference on Challenges to Election Results\">legal team<\/a> \u2062would\u2063 be \u2063requesting her recusal on strong\u200c grounds, along with a\u200c change\u2062 of venue out\u2063 of Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to criticizing \u200cJudge \u200dChutkan, Trump also targeted special counsel Jack Smith, calling him &#8220;deranged&#8221; and\u200b accusing \u2063him of\u2063 intentionally timing the case \u2063to coincide\u2063 with Trump&#8217;s election \u200bcampaign. \u2063Trump \u200bexpressed \u2063his frustration, \u200dstating, &#8220;Deranged Jack\u2062 Smith&#8230; could\u2063 have brought\u2063 this [Biden] &#8216;opponent&#8217; case years ago,\u2063 but \u2064chose\u200b to wait and bring it\u2064 right in the\u2064 middle of \u2064my election campaign. No way!!! I hope \u2063you are watching America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These remarks from\u2062 Trump\u2064 come shortly after prosecutors filed a \u2063motion for a \u200bprotective order, seeking to prevent Trump \u2062from publicly sharing evidence related to the case. \u2064Judge Chutkan\u2062 set \u200ca deadline for Trump\u2064 to \u2062respond to the request, and despite his legal\u2064 team&#8217;s \u2062request for \u200dan \u200dextension, the judge denied it and maintained the original deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is also pushing for\u2062 a change of venue, claiming that he would not receive a fair trial in Washington, D.C. \u200cdue to the potential for a biased jury. \u2062However, previous requests to move cases related \u200dto the\u200d Jan.\u200c 6\u2063 Capitol \u2064riot have\u2064 been denied by judges in the district.<\/p>\n<p>Last\u200c week,\u200d Trump was indicted \u200con \u200bfour <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indicted-alan-dershowitz-says-indictment-not-strong-enough-to-meet-high-standard\/\" title=\"Trump indicted: Dershowitz deems indictment insufficient.\">federal\u200d crimes<\/a>, including conspiracy to \u2064defraud and obstruction. He\u200c pleaded not guilty to all charges and continues to assert his\u200b innocence regarding\u200b the events\u200b of the Jan. 6 Capitol \u200driot. His legal\u2063 team\u2063 maintains that his claims of election fraud \u2063were sincere and \u2062not false as alleged by prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate development, Trump&#8217;s lawyer,\u2063 John Lauro, \u200crejected the\u2062 possibility of the \u200cformer president\u200d accepting\u200b a plea deal. Lauro also announced plans to file a \u200cmotion to dismiss the charges and suggested that West Virginia would\u200d be an ideal venue for the trial. When asked about the timeline for the trial, Lauro indicated that it could take 2-3 years before the case goes to trial.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, \u2063Trump&#8217;s \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-his-team-will-seek-recusal-of-judge-and-venue-change-in-jan-6-case\/\" title=\"Trump plans to request judge's recusal and venue change in Jan. 6 case.\">latest social media post reflects<\/a> his ongoing battle against the judge and prosecutors in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indicted-assigned-judge-tanya-chutkan-known-for-longest-jan-6-sentences\/\" title=\"Donald Trump indicted; Judge Tanya Chutkan known for lengthy Jan. 6 sentences.\">election subversion case<\/a>, as he seeks to assert his innocence\u200b and secure \u2064a favorable outcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>trial hoax,&#8221; Trump said in a statement. He criticized the judge&#8217;s alleged bias and vowed to challenge her involvement in the case. Trump&#8217;s legal team plans to request her recusal based on compelling reasons. He expressed doubts about receiving a fair trial due to the judge&#8217;s association with the baseless claims surrounding freedom of speech and fairness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1992473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1992472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1992472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1992473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1992472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1992472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1992472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}