00:00 It's Benzinga and here's what's on the block.
00:02 Former President Donald Trump plans to request that DC District Judge Tanya Chutkin, the
00:06 federal judge overseeing the case related to his alleged attempt to subvert the 2020
00:10 presidential election, recuse herself as well as seek a change of venue for the trial.
00:15 In an all-caps rant on Truth Social on Sunday morning, Trump declared, "There is no way
00:19 I can get a fair trial with the judge assigned to the ridiculous freedom of speech fair elections
00:24 case."
00:25 Chutkin, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, has handed down sentences to
00:29 January 6th Capitol riot defendants that have been more severe than the DOJ's recommendations.
00:34 Previously Trump had suggested that a fair trial would be impossible in Washington, D.C.
00:38 and proposed moving the proceedings to a nearby state like West Virginia, which he deemed
00:42 to be more politically unbiased.
00:44 However, federal judges in D.C. have repeatedly rejected similar arguments from other January
00:49 6th defendants who saw venue changes based on the city's perceived liberal deems.
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