Appointed by Obama Judge Tanya S. Chutkanwho on Tuesday was tapped to preside over special counsel Jack Smith’s federal “election interference” case against three-time impeached 2024 GOP nominee Donald Trump pumped thousands of dollars into Barack Obama’s presidential campaign coffers, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) found ) campaign finance records reveal.
Known as “the most severe punisher” among the accused J6FEC documents show that the nine-time Obama donor overseeing Trump’s Jan. 6 case gave the Democratic former president a total of $4,300. Chutkan – appointed by Obama to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 2014 – made most of his donations to Obama’s presidential campaign committee (Obama for America) before the 2008 election, when then-Sen. Joe Biden ran for vice president on the Obama-Biden ticket.
Then, in the run-up to the 2012 presidential election, Chutkan donated twice to the Obama Victory Fund: destiny $1000 per everyone campaign contributions that went to support Obama in the general election this year, according to the FEC.
Chutkan’s contribution to the 2008 and 2012 campaigns | FEC Filings
At the time, before his presidential nomination, Chutkan was an attorney at Boies, Schiller and Flexner LLP, where Biden’s troubled son Hunter he once worked as a legal advisora “no show” job that didn’t require him to attend meetings or maintain regular work hours, and yet he still said he was making $216,000 a year investigative report published by the New York Post.. (Federal Judge’s Former Employer Finds Support in FEC Disclosures). Incriminating emails sent from First Son’s ‘hell laptop’ show Hunter Biden-linked law firm accused of behind-the-scenes influence peddling dodged lobbying reveals Congress disclosure of its work with Ukrainian energy giant Burisma Holdings, Washington Free Beacon reported.
Chutkan repeatedly gave the Capitol rioters some of the harshest, harsher-than-recommended prison sentences, contrary to what U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors had sought in several cases, arguing during one hearing that “they must face the consequences… at home,” even in the case of defendants J6, who were not aggressive. According to APsteadfast Chutkan “has consistently taken the harshest stance against the January 6 defendants of any judge sitting on a federal trial court in Washington.”
Of the 38 defendants convicted of crimes related to the Capitol riot who were sentenced in her courtroom, all received prison terms from Chutkan, according to AP analysis of court records, which shows that in 19 of 38 sentences she met or exceeded the recommendations of the prosecutor’s office. Between October and December 2021, Chutkan increased prison sentences for six J6 members who pleaded guilty to illegally parading and picketing in the Capitol building, a nonviolent misdemeanor (via Reuters):
- He hit a couple of cousins (Robert L. Bauer AND Edward E. Hemenway), who took a selfie in the US Capitol building on January 6 45 days in prisonmore than two weeks longer than the 30 days required by federal prosecutors.
- He sentenced the Capitol rioter to two weeks in prison plus 60 hours of community service, even though prosecutors suggested probation, citing the 52-year-old hairdresser Dona Sue Bisseyearly acceptance of responsibility and cooperation with law enforcement authorities. Bissey’s defender he said his client, a self-proclaimed “God-fearing, country-loving, law-abiding and hard-working patriot” who (*6*)https://www.courthousenews.com/capitol-rioter-recommended-for-home-confinement-given-prison-stretch-instead/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>He stiffened the punishment defendant J6 Matthew C. Mazzocco, who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges, to 45 days in jail, marking the first time one of the judges handling hundreds of criminal cases on Jan. 6 imposed a sentence higher than the government’s demand. Instead of house arrest, Mazzocco received a prison sentence.
- During the trial, Chutkan detailed her outrage at the Capitol riot and rejected comparisons between the J6 defendants and the Black Lives Matter militants who burned down cities in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
- “Last year, people gathered across the country to protest the brutal murder of an unarmed man by police. Some of these protests turned violent,” Chutkan he said in court. “But comparing the actions of people protesting largely peacefully for civil rights with the actions of a violent mob seeking to overthrow a legally elected government is a false equivalence and ignores the very real danger that the January 6 riots posed to the foundations of our democracy.”
- This went beyond the prosecutor’s sentencing suggestion and request for foster care as part of the Ohio couple’s 36-month probation period Brandon J. Miller AND Stephanie D. Miller, who spent less time in the Capitol building that day compared to the other J6 defendants. Chutkan convicted the husband to 20 days in prison and the wife to 14 days behind bars.
Last year he was 50 years vintage Krystyna Priolaformerly an occupational therapist in the Cleveland Public School District, he begged for mercy in a 10-page letter sent to Chutkan asking for leniency, which the lawyer did not agree to – instead sentencing her to 15 months in federal prison. Court documents say Priola had a huge sign reading “Children Crying for Justice” and was in the U.S. Senate hearing for about 10 minutes. Priola she resigned from her teaching position shortly thereafter, indicating a desire to change careers to focus on exposing human trafficking and pedophilia, not wanting to take the Covid-19 vaccine to return to school grounds, and opposing paying union dues which she believes “fund individuals and groups that support killing unborn children.”
ARRESTED: Christine Priola, the school therapist who stormed the Capitol and gained entry @vice presidentchair. She quit her job the day after the riot, saying: I will change my path to expose the global evil of human trafficking and pedophilia, including in our government agencies and child welfare agencies pic.twitter.com/kYTsETVVWX
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) January 14, 2021
Chutkan is not the only judge Trump must appear before in criminal court who is a staunch Democratic donor.
Judge Merchan’s daughter, Loren, previously worked for Kamala Harris’ 2020 presidential campaign as a “director of digital persuasion,” according to her now-deleted LinkedIn page, which listed her pronouns. pic.twitter.com/e113tWPQ3G
— Mia Cathell (@MiaCathell) April 4, 2023
As Townhall first reported in April 2020, Biden donor Judge Juan M. Merchan, whose Campaign money not only supported Trump’s rival, but was also pledged calling to “Stop the Republicans,” “Resist Trump,” and escalate voter turnout for Democratic candidates, was tapped to preside over Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s “hush money” investigation into Trump. Merchan’s adult daughter, Loren, president of a consulting firm that proudly lists the Biden-Harris campaign as a client, previously served as director of digital persuasion for the failed 2020 bid of now Vice President Kamala Harris (also known as Kamala Harris for the People ).
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