Supposedly selected at random, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkin is presiding over former President Donald Trump’s case in Washington, D.C. In the past two years, Chutkin has issued some of the harshest sentences in cases involving the events of January 6, 2021 at the Capitol.

Chutkan is an Obama appointee who previously worked at the same law firm as Hunter Biden and for Burisma. She has stated that she will not allow her personal politics and preferences to affect the outcome of the case. She also stated that former President Trump’s campaign against President Biden must take a back position to the case.

Chutkin seems unconcerned by the fact that one of his political adversaries is bringing allegations against another.

“What the effects of my order are on a political campaign are not going to influence my decision. This is a criminal trial,” Chutkan said. “The defendant’s desire to conduct a campaign, to respond to political opponents, has to yield.”

In recent court proceedings, Chutkin reportedly “rolled her eyes” and buried her head in her palms when former President Donald Trump’s attorneys mentioned that former President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice was prosecuting the president’s leading opponent. Her views on the circumstance are evident from her extreme response.

MSNCB documents:

MSNBC host Katie Phang questioned network correspondent Hugo Lowell about the body language of both Judge Chutkan and Trump’s defense team during this week’s hearing on Saturday.

“Ya know the judge was sympathetic to some of the Trump lawyers’ kind of arguments. Ya know, they were making a case that, ya know, being a defense lawyer is difficult, especially with a client like Trump,” Lowell said. “And I think she kind of accepted that, she has a defense background herself.”

“But other times, like, I think she kind of grew exasperated by all the discussion about politics,” he continued. “Ya know at one point she kind of put her face in her hands, she kind of rolled her eyes when ya know there was another discussion about, ya know, the Biden Administration coming after Trump.”

Lowell remarked that Trump’s attorney John Lauro “picked up on that” throughout the hearing and redirected the conversation.

Judge Chutkan rolled her eyes and put her face in her hands yesterday when Trump’s lawyers pointed out the political nature of the case and the fact the sitting president’s DOJ is criminally charging his presumptive 2024 opponent: pic.twitter.com/NEj1L40GUU

— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) August 12, 2023

In the past, Chutkin has made her stance on issues involving Biden and Trump crystal obvious.

According to The Hill, Chutkin has previously adjudicated on a Trump case. Trump filed a lawsuit in November 2021 to prevent the National Archives from releasing documents pertaining to the events of January 6 to the House select committee investigating the attack. According to The Hill, Chutkin’s ruling stated that “President Biden was better suited to decide on matters of executive privilege” than Trump.

“Plaintiff does not acknowledge the deference owed to the incumbent President’s judgement. His position that he may override the express will of the executive branch appears to be premised on the notion that his executive power ‘exists in perpetuity,” Chutkin wrote in her opinion.

More on this story via The Republic Brief:

Chutkin clearly ignored the judgement of a former President in her statement, putting Biden above Trump. CONTINUE READING…