{"id":2000164,"date":"2023-08-14T15:14:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T19:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-chutkan-once-took-issue-with-trump-being-free-man-after-jan-6\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T15:14:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T19:14:46","slug":"judge-chutkan-once-took-issue-with-trump-being-free-man-after-jan-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-chutkan-once-took-issue-with-trump-being-free-man-after-jan-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Chutkan questioned Trump&#8217;s freedom post-Jan. 6."},"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\">14<\/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%2Fjudge-chutkan-once-took-issue-with-trump-being-free-man-after-jan-6%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=2000164&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>The Federal\u2062 Judge&#8217;s Remark on Trump&#8217;s Freedom After Capitol Riot Raises Concerns<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">federal judge overseeing<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-chutkan-once-took-issue-with-trump-being-free-man-after-jan-6\/\" title=\"Judge Chutkan questioned Trump's freedom post-Jan. 6.\">2020 presidential election case<\/a> against former President \u200bDonald Trump made a striking observation last year. U.S. District\u200b Judge Tanya Chutkan, \u2062who\u200b has presided over several cases \u2062related to the Jan.\u200d 6 Capitol riot, pointed out \u2063that\u200b Trump was \u2063still &#8220;free&#8221; despite the events that unfolded that\u2063 day. This \u200crevelation has\u2062 sparked\u2064 concerns \u200babout\u2063 potential bias in\u200d Judge Chutkan&#8217;s background.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I see the\u2063 footage of the flags and \u2064the signs that people were carrying and the hats they were wearing \u2062and the garb, and the people who mobbed that Capitol were \u200bthere in fealty, in loyalty, to one man \u2014 not to the Constitution &#8230; It&#8217;s a blind loyalty to one person who, by \u2064the way, remains free to this\u2062 day,&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Judge Chutkan made this statement while sentencing defendant Christine Priola, \u2063who\u200c had \u200dentered the \u200cSenate chamber\u200d on Jan.\u2064 6 and stood on a cabinet waving a\u200b sign that\u2064 said &#8220;We \u2063the \u200cpeople take back our country.&#8221; Despite Priola&#8217;s lack of criminal \u2063background, harm to \u200dothers, or damage to \u2063property, Chutkan sentenced her to\u200b 15 months in \u2064prison for obstruction of an official proceeding.<\/p>\n<p>Chutkan&#8217;s sentencing \u200bfell within the guideline range of 15 to 21 \u2063months, with the\u2063 maximum sentence for \u200cthe charge being 20 years.\u2063 Prosecutors had recommended 18 months. \u2063Known\u200c for being one of the toughest punishers, Chutkan&#8217;s reputation preceded \u2064her, as described in an Associated Press \u2062report.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has repeatedly called for Chutkan to recuse herself from his\u200b case, highlighting her remarks \u2063on Priola. He took to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a>, Truth Social, \u200bto share a quote from Judge Chutkan&#8217;s sentencing and\u2064 criticize her alleged bias \u2062and \u2064unfairness.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s attorney,\u200d John Lauro, expressed caution regarding the recusal calls, emphasizing the need for careful consideration of such issues. Lauro stated, &#8220;We haven&#8217;t made a final decision on that issue at\u200c all. \u200dI think as lawyers we\u200c have\u2063 to be very \u2062careful of those issues and handle them with the utmost delicacy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Chutkan has warned Trump,\u2064 the 2024 GOP presidential front-runner, about\u200b his vocal \u2062objections to his prosecution. She reminded him to \u2064adhere to the conditions of his pretrial release,\u200d which include refraining from\u200c intimidating witnesses.\u200c Chutkan made it clear that his presidential \u2063campaign should\u2063 not \u2063interfere with \u200cthese conditions,\u200d stating, &#8220;If that means he can&#8217;t \u2062say exactly what he wants to\u2063 say about witnesses \u200bin \u200bthis case, that&#8217;s how it has to be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump also shared a statement on \u2064Truth Social from a GOP\u200d strategist, who \u2063labeled Chutkan as\u200c an &#8220;Obama leftwing activist judge&#8221; engaged in\u2062 election interference against Trump. This move \u200dby Trump has led to speculation that Chutkan may call a hearing to address \u2062his Truth \u2064Social\u200d posts as potential violations of the judicial process.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from \u200bThe Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal judge, Tanya Chutkan, who has presided over several cases involving the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, noted last year that former President Donald Trump remained &#8220;unrestricted&#8221; following the incident. She made this remark while sentencing one of the rioters, highlighting Trump&#8217;s freedom despite the events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2000165,"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-2000164","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\/2000164","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=2000164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}