Born in Jamaica in 1962, she (Judge Chutkan) attended George Washington University in the nation’s capital and later earned her law degree at the University of Pennsylvania. For over a decade, Chutkan worked for the Washington, D.C., public defender and tried over 30 cases, according to her biography on the court’s website. She then went into private practice.
President Barack Obama nominated her to the federal bench in 2014. She was confirmed by a vote of 95-0 in the Senate.
A single computer inside a first-floor office in the fluorescent-lit, gray hallway of the courthouse near Capitol Hill likely placed Trump’s four-count indictment in Chutkan’s courtroom.
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The jurists who preside over Washington’s federal courthouse grapple with a variety of complex and at times politically polarizing cases, ranging from civil matters like Freedom of Information Act lawsuits, to the more than 1,000 cases stemming from the Jan. 6 attack.
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In December 2021, Chutkan sentenced Robert Scott Palmer to more than five years in prison after he admitted to attacking officers during the Capitol breach with a wooden plank and the contents of a fire extinguisher.
At the time, it was the longest sentence imposed in the sprawling investigation.
“None of us are the worst things we’ve ever done,” Chutkan advised Palmer. “I hope you continue to consider other sources of information as you go forward.”
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What to know about Tanya Chutkan, the judge randomly assigned to Trump’s Jan. 6 case
Born in Jamaica in 1962, she (Judge Chutkan) attended George Washington University in the nation’s capital and later earned her law degree at the University of Pennsylvania. For over a decade, Chutkan worked for the Washington, D.C., public defender and tried over 30 cases, according to her biography on the court’s website. She then went into private practice.
President Barack Obama nominated her to the federal bench in 2014. She was confirmed by a vote of 95-0 in the Senate.
A single computer inside a first-floor office in the fluorescent-lit, gray hallway of the courthouse near Capitol Hill likely placed Trump’s four-count indictment in Chutkan’s courtroom.
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The jurists who preside over Washington’s federal courthouse grapple with a variety of complex and at times politically polarizing cases, ranging from civil matters like Freedom of Information Act lawsuits, to the more than 1,000 cases stemming from the Jan. 6 attack.
✁
In December 2021, Chutkan sentenced Robert Scott Palmer to more than five years in prison after he admitted to attacking officers during the Capitol breach with a wooden plank and the contents of a fire extinguisher.
At the time, it was the longest sentence imposed in the sprawling investigation.
“None of us are the worst things we’ve ever done,” Chutkan advised Palmer. “I hope you continue to consider other sources of information as you go forward.”
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CBS News
What to know about Tanya Chutkan, the judge randomly assigned to Trump’s Jan. 6 case