On the recordAugust 1, 2023
Presidents are not kings, and plaintiff is not president.
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Tanya Chutkan
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transcripts.cnn.comPresidents are not kings, and plaintiff is not president.
Judge Chutkan ruled against Donald Trump's efforts to block the House Select Committee from accessing White House records.
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You're essentially a criminal defendant first, a political candidate second.
Plaintiffs legitimately call into question what appears to be the unchecked authority of an unelected individual.
He did not go to the U.S. Capitol out of any love for our country. He went for one man.
Defendant's four-year service as commander-in-chief did not bestow on him the divine right of kings to evade the criminal accountability that governs his fellow citizens.