"There is no way I can get a fair trial with the judge 'assigned' to the ridiculous freedom of speech/fair elections case. Everybody knows this and so does she! We will be immediately asking for recusal of this judge on very powerful grounds," he wrote in all caps in one of the posts on Sunday.
His legal team has yet to file a motion asking the judge to recuse herself. Trump has pleaded not guilty in the case and maintains the charges are part of a political"witch hunt" aimed at derailing his 2024 presidential run. Brady McCarron, a spokesperson for the U.S. Marshals Service, which handles security at federal courthouses, said the agency does not comment on specific security measures but “we continuously review the measures in place and take appropriate steps to ensure the integrity of the federal judicial process.”
“Ensuring that judges can rule independently and free from harm or intimidation is paramount to the rule of law, and a fundamental mission of the USMS,” McCarron said. Chutkan, who was nominated to the bench in 2013 by then-President Barack Obama, was randomly assigned the case. She has a reputation as a