After being admonished by US District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan over his social media threats on Friday, Donald Trump has learned precisely nothing and made more threats late Sunday night.
Former President Donald Trump launched a post-midnight attack Monday on the judge handling the case charging him with seeking to steal the 2020 election, despite a warning from the court late last week against "inflammatory statements."
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan "obviously wants me behind bars. VERY BIASED & UNFAIR!" Trump said in a Truth Social post just after 1 a.m.
Trump, who also protested an expected indictment in Atlanta in statements over the weekend, cited Chutkan's comments during the sentencing of a person convicted for participating in the insurrection attempt of Jan. 6, 2021.
Noting that the people who mobbed the Capitol that day wore caps and carried flags with the name of one man, Trump, Chutkan said in October 2022: "It's blind loyalty to one person who, by the way, remains free to this day.”
Chutkan, who has been assigned the case that accuses Trump of conspiring to steal the 2020 election from President Joe Biden, issued a protective order Friday restricting what Trump can say publicly about the evidence against him.
The federal judge is known for imposing stiff sentences on the individuals who participated in the Capitol riot, but veteran federal court watchers told USA TODAY that she is a consummate professional who will handle a sensitive case with the utmost care.
Trump seems to think he's going to win this fight, turning up the heat until Chutkan is forced to act and to make him a martyr before the trial can even start, something he figures will help him on appeal if nothing else. It's a calculated move, with Trump's calculations strongly favoring the fact that he's never really been dealt any consequences for his long career of criminal nonsense.
So far, Trump's been right.
We'll see.
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