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Politics
Areeba Shah

Trump's recusal ask "weak on the merits"

Former President Donald Trump's legal team filed a motion Monday seeking the recusal of the judge assigned to his 2020 election subversion case in Washington D.C., saying that her previous statements about Trump indicate her bias.

Trump lawyers John Lauro and Todd Blanche referred to two sentencing hearings overseen by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, during which she strongly condemned the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack while imposing sentences on convicted rioters. 

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