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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Feinberg

Judge in Trump election case gets extra protection after ex-president posts about her

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The US District Court judge assigned to supervise the election subversion case against former president Donald Trump has reportedly been assigned extra security by the US Marshals Service since the ex-president’s arraignment last week.

CNN reported on Tuesday that deputy US Marshals have discussed plans for stepped-up protective operations relating to Judge Tanya Chutkan, the nine-year veteran of the federal bench to whom the four-count indictment against the ex-president was randomly assigned after the charging document was filed with the US District Court for the District of Columbia.

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