Trump asks for recusal of judge in election conspiracy case

"Judge Chutkan has, in connection with other cases, suggested that President Trump should be prosecuted and imprisoned," they said. "Such statements, made before this case began and without due process, are inherently disqualifying.

Judge Tanya Chutkan, then US President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, on July 30, 2020 and special counsel Jack Smith in Washington, DC, on August 1, 2023. (AFP)