Tanya Chutkan | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
| Assumed office June 5, 2014 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
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| Born | Tanya Sue Chutkan July 5, 1962 Kingston, Jamaica |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | George Washington University (BA) University of Pennsylvania (JD) |
Tanya Sue Chutkan (born July 5, 1962) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a U.S. district judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
She is the presiding judge over the criminal trial of former U.S. president Donald Trump over his alleged attempts to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election, including the events leading up to the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.