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Posted on Sep 20, 2023
'Flat ridiculous': GOP and Dem White House ethics experts unite to condemn Trump's judge recusal...
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Donald Trump's attempt to force Judge Chutkan to recuse herself from the D.C. elections case is "flat ridiculous," according to ethics experts who served in administrations of both Republican and Democrat presidents.
The former president recently asked Chutkan to recuse herself from the federal criminal action, claiming that her comments in past Jan. 6 cases were disqualifying because they appeared to show bias against Trump. Prosecutor Jack Smith hit back with a defense of the judge's past comments.
Now, former White House ethics czar Norm Eisen and Richard Painter, the former ethics czar for George W. Bush, have joined forces to show why the motion to recuse should ultimately fail.
The former president recently asked Chutkan to recuse herself from the federal criminal action, claiming that her comments in past Jan. 6 cases were disqualifying because they appeared to show bias against Trump. Prosecutor Jack Smith hit back with a defense of the judge's past comments.
Now, former White House ethics czar Norm Eisen and Richard Painter, the former ethics czar for George W. Bush, have joined forces to show why the motion to recuse should ultimately fail.
'Flat ridiculous': GOP and Dem White House ethics experts unite to condemn Trump's judge recusal...
Posted from rawstory.com
Ethics
Donald Trump
Crime
Election 2020
Posted 7 mo ago
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."They added: "Trump argues this is a gratuitous suggestion that he should be imprisoned. But the context is to the contrary. Chutkan was addressing the topic only because the defendant herself raised it at sentencing, trying to shift blame away from herself and onto Trump.
"The primary point that the judge was making in response to Priola attempting to lay off her own responsibility was that the defendant and others like her made a culpable choice because they put their loyalty to one man before their loyalty to their country and democracy—which was true."...
..."They added: "Trump argues this is a gratuitous suggestion that he should be imprisoned. But the context is to the contrary. Chutkan was addressing the topic only because the defendant herself raised it at sentencing, trying to shift blame away from herself and onto Trump.
"The primary point that the judge was making in response to Priola attempting to lay off her own responsibility was that the defendant and others like her made a culpable choice because they put their loyalty to one man before their loyalty to their country and democracy—which was true."...
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