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Without mentioning her by name, Donald Trump went on a diatribe on Sunday morning and attacked United States District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Tanya Chutkan hours after she shot down a request for an extension on a Monday afternoon deadline.
The former president had demanded three-day extension for his lawyers to respond to a motion for a protective order requested by the Department of Justice, only to be denied.
With the judge standing firm, the former president is now claiming he can't get a fair trial if she is presiding.
Taking to his Truth Social platform which is at the center of the protective order request, Trump went on one of his all-cap tirades and insisted he be allowed to move his trial elsewhere.
"THERE IS NO WAY I CAN GET A FAIR TRIAL WITH THE JUDGE 'ASSIGNED' TO THE RIDICULOUS FREEDOM OF SPEECH/FAIR ELECTIONS CASE. EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS, AND SO DOES SHE!" he wrote.
He then added, "WE WILL BE IMMEDIATELY ASKING FOR RECUSAL OF THIS JUDGE ON VERY POWERFUL GROUNDS, AND LIKEWISE FOR VENUE CHANGE, OUT IF (sic) D.C."
Groups in former President Donald Trump’s political network have reported using about $130 million in donor funds to pay lawyers and cover legal costs since he first began running for office, according to a new OpenSecrets analysis.
As the former president faces mounting legal issues, his political operation steered more money than ever into covering legal fees.
Some watchdog groups have raised questions about whether the former president should be continuing to use donor funds to pay his lawyers now that his main political operation is his 2024 presidential campaign.
Trump, meanwhile, has capitalized on the legal turmoil and fundraised heavily off of his indictments to raise more money.
Trump’s political operation is collectively spending unprecedented sums on legal fees in 2023.