Judge rejects Trump's request she step down from election trial

By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump's request that she step aside from the federal case accusing him of illegally attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, rejecting arguments that she has shown bias against him. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington ruled that her prior remarks in court while sentencing people convicted of storming the Capitol during a riot by supporters of the former president did not require that she recuse herself from the case. Trump’s lawyers cited Chutkan’s comments at two such hearin...