Trump’s DC judge linked to Hunter Biden, Burisma

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American Military News by  Timothy Frudd  August 02, 2023

In a remarkable twist to former President Donald Trump’s recent indictment, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, the judge assigned to Trump’s case in Washington, D.C., has previous connections with a law firm that worked closely with Hunter Biden and Ukrainian energy firm Burisma.

Judge Chutkan spent 12 years specializing in white collar litigation and antitrust defense at BSF before her nomination by former President Obama. Her legal career includes stints at other private law firms and serving as a public defender in Washington D.C.

According to The Daily Caller, internal emails show that Hunter Biden had stated that the law firm Boies, Schiller, & Flexner LLP (BSF) could provide “protection” and work with government officials on Burisma’s behalf.

More: https://americanmilitarynews.com/2023/08/trumps-dc-judge-linked-to-hunter-biden-burisma/

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Probably not enough to warrant recusal.

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Trump judge a left-wing activist, gave serious campaign donations to Obama

WND  By Peter LaBarbera 8/2/2023

Pro-abortion jurist is known for giving harsh punishments to Jan. 6 prisoners

Tanya Chutkan, the U.S. District Court judge who will be overseeing Donald Trump's latest, Jan. 6-related indictment, is a left-wing activist who gave $1,500 to an Obama PAC during the Democrat's first presidential run, and who is known for giving out very harsh punishments to J6 prisoners who protested the 2020 election.

Obama appointed the Jamaican-born Chutkan to the court for the District of Columbia in June 2014. Her nomination sailed through the Senate, reportedly without any serious Republican opposition.

The Blaze reported Judge Chutkin "is a leftist Obama appointee whose history of ruthlessly hammering Jan. 6 defendants, fighting the Trump administration, and rubbing shoulders with Biden donors might be of some concern for the Democratic incumbent's top political rival."

The Associated Press, hardly a conservative news source, reported this Wednesday about the judge's J6 sentencing: "Other judges typically have handed down sentences that are more lenient than those requested by prosecutors. Chutkan, however, has matched or exceeded prosecutors’ recommendations in 19 of her 38 sentences. In four of those cases, prosecutors weren’t seeking any jail time at all."

AP reported that in October 2021, Chutkan forcefully rejected another judge's criticism of her extra-tough J6 sentences as well as any comparison between the soft sentences given violent Black Lives Matter rioters and the harsh treatment of J6 protesters: "People gathered all over the country last year to protest the violent murder by the police of an unarmed man [George Floyd]. Some of those protesters became violent. ... But to compare the actions of people protesting, mostly peacefully, for civil rights, to those of a violent mob seeking to overthrow the lawfully elected government is a false equivalency and ignores a very real danger that the Jan. 6 riot posed to the foundation of our democracy.”

Twitter conservatives quickly fixed their sights on Chutkan's left-leaning, pro-Democrat record.

The Northern Virginia Twitter ("X") account "NOVA Campaigns" tweeted: "Peter A. Krauthamer is a former [associate] judge of Superior Court of DC, AND he’s the husband of DC Court Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is presiding over Trump’s Jan 6 indictment In 2012, Peter’s financial disclosure form revealed Tanya Chutkan donated $1500 to 'Obama For America' PAC." The tweet accompanies a copy of Krauthamer's "political contributions" financial disclosure:

More: https://www.wnd.com/2023/08/trump-judge-left-wing-activist-gave-serious-campaign-donations-obama/