Judge Tanya Chutkan knows her way around a courtroom after years as a public defender. Now her rulings will be on international display in the Jan. 6 case against the former president.
Trump now faces four felony charges for trying to overturn the last presidential election and creating an atmosphere that led to violence on Jan. 6. That case landed on Chutkan's docket by random assignment earlier this month."So as a friend and someone who I, you know, really look up to, I immediately worried," Racine said.
"My second reaction was there could not have been a better judge for this matter because Judge Chutkan is an indefatigable worker and she is as fair a person as I've met," said Racine, now at the Hogan Lovells firm in Washington.Chutkan hails from a high-achieving family. Her mother toured internationally as a dancer. Her father practiced as a prominent physician in Jamaica. Her sister, Robynne, also is a medical doctor.
They reconnected decades later as attorneys in Washington, over good books and better food, like a curried shrimp dish Ludaway still wants to know how to prepare."When you take the robe off and the lights aren't glaring at her, you know, she has many friends and she's a good friend and it's because she's funny," said Ludaway."She's very, very quick-witted. She has a big laugh and loves a good joke.
In a speech last year in honor of Black History Month, Judge Chutkan addressed some of the criticism that's come her way over the years.
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