How did DC Court Judge Tanya Chutkan become a judge?
Obama nominated. Senate Judiciary with 1 Senator present (Al Franken) asks 2 Qs
2.5 mins of “thank yous”
3 mins answering 2 Qs. Committee ends
Approved 95-0
Now she presides in Trump’s Jan 6 indictment
Judge Tanya Chutkan’s written responses to the Senate Judiciary are below:
judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
Judge Tanya Chutkan confirmation hearing video link:
judiciary.senate.gov/committee-acti…
Per OpenSecrets, Tanya Chutkan’s former law firm, Boies Schiller, is a law firm with most employee contributions to federal candidates in 2012 election, donating $1.92M, 90% to Dems. Since 2000, Boies Schiller staff has contributed ~$8.2M to fed campaigns
opensecrets.org/industries/con…
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