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Tanya Chutkan

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Tanya Chutkan

Tanya Sue Chutkan (born July 5, 1962) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She was appointed in 2014 by President Barack Obama. She was the presiding judge over the criminal trial of then-former U.S. president Donald Trump over his alleged attempts to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election, including the events leading up to the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. The case never went to trial and was dismissed without prejudice after Trump won the 2024 presidential election.

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Appointed by
Barack Obama
Preceded by
Seat established
Born
Tanya Sue Chutkan (1962-07-05) July 5, 1962 (age 63)Kingston, Jamaica
Children
2
Education
George Washington University (BA)University of Pennsylvania (JD)

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Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia 2014–present
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Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia 2014–present
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References

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    https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/art-culture/kumina-turns-50/
  5. Jamaican Observer
    https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/trump-can-expect-a-fair-trial-says-judge-chutkans-aunt/
  6. Liverpool Echo
    https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/former-liverpool-fc-star-john-3332429
  7. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
    https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Tanya-Chutkan-Senate-Questionnaire-Final.pdf
  8. whitehouse.gov
    https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/12/19/president-obama-nominates-eight-serve-united-states-district-courts
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    https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394546
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    https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1132/vote_113_2_00170.htm
  15. "On the Nomination (Confirmation Tanya S. Chutkan to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia)"
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  16. Electronic Frontier Foundation
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  24. Recent Case: En Banc D.C. Circuit Upholds Order Requiring HHS to Allow an Undocumented Minor to Have an Abortion
    https://harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/1812-1819_Online.pdf
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  27. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/31/us/abortion-immigrant-teens.html
  28. The Daily Star
    http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2018/Jun-08/452600-judge-questions-plan-to-release-us-detainee-into-syrian-war-zone.ashx
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  30. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/us/politics/betsy-devos-special-education.html
  31. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48070413
  32. NPR
    https://www.npr.org/2019/04/26/716799929/russian-agent-maria-butina-to-be-sentenced-in-federal-court-on-friday
  33. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/21/william-barr-death-penalty-halted-federal-judge/
  34. The Hill
    https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/498798-death-row-inmates-ask-for-stay-while-they-appeal-to-supreme-court
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    https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-federal-execution-revival-back-at-supreme-court
  36. SCOTUSblog
    https://www.scotusblog.com/2020/11/justices-clear-the-way-for-eighth-federal-execution-this-year/
  37. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/trump-records-jan-6-committee-judge-ruling/2021/11/09/4d256cec-3e44-11ec-bfad-8283439871ec_story.html
  38. Lethbridge News Now
    https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2021/11/09/judge-refuses-trump-request-to-block-jan-6-records/
  39. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/us/politics/trump-supreme-court-jan-6.html
  40. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/01/judge-chutkan-trump-jan-6-special-counsel/
  41. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08/01/us/trump-indictment-jan-6
  42. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-doge-layoffs-government-data-13653c59c1f6fa0c5ae551f821faafb7 [bare URL]
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    https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/politics/doge-temporary-restraining-order-chutkan/index.html
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    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/15/us/politics/tanya-chutkan-judge-trump-jan-6-trial.html
  46. United States Senate
    https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/imo/media/doc/PreparedStatementKrauthamer20111108.pdf
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    https://www.newsweek.com/tanya-chutkan-donated-1500-barack-obama-campaign-records-1816863
  48. ABC News
    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/federal-judge-overseeing-trump-case-dc-home-swatted/story?id=106207251
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