>> IN THE OTHER FEDERAL, CRIMINAL INDICTMENT AGAINST DONALD TRUMP, THE TRUMP DOCUMENT INDICTMENT, THAT'S IN A FEDERAL COURT IN FLORIDA, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED IN THE NEWS THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONTROVERSY, NOT QUITE THE RIGHT WORD. SOME CONSTERNATION ABOUT THE FEDERAL JUDGE OVERSEEING THE CASE. SHE IS A TRUMP APPOINTED JUDGE, VERY EARLY ON IN HER CAREER. SHE'S HAD A FEW HOURS ON THE BENCH ACTUALLY OVERSEEING ANY CAUSE OF ANY KIND, AND IN TERMS OF TRUMP SPECIFICALLY, SHE WAS VERY BLUNTLY SMACKDOWN BY AN APPEALS COURT WHEN SHE WENT WAY OUT OF HER WAY TO SIDE WITH TRUMP IN A WAY THAT THE APPEALS COURT SAID WAS VERY INAPPROPRIATE IN AN EARLIER CASE. THAT IS THE FEDERAL DOCUMENTS CRIMINAL CHASE AGAINST TRUMP AND FLORIDA. THERE IS NO SUCH CONTROVERSY THAT THE JUDGE OVERSEEING THE NEW INDICTMENT AGAINST TRUMP AND WASHINGTON D.C.. THE JUDGE ASSIGNED TO THE CASE IS NAMED JUDGE TANYA CHECK-IN, SEE H UK T IAIN. SHE WAS NOMINATED TO THE DISTRICT COURT IN 2014 BY PRESIDENT OBAMA, AND NOT TO BE TOO PRODUCTIVE ABOUT IT, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD GIVE YOU A GOOD FAITH FIGHT IF YOU DESCRIBED THE JUDGE AS A NORMAL JUDGE, A VERY NORMAL UNCONTROVERSIAL, WELL TESTED, GOOD, MAINSTREAM SMART FEDERAL JUDGE. I THINK THAT IS UNIVERSALLY HER REPUTATION. SHOULD ALSO TELL YOU THAT THIS IS NOT OUR FIRST JANUARY SIX RELATED CASE. SHE AGAINST ITS IN FEDERAL COURT IN WASHINGTON D.C., AND THAT IS WHERE SO MANY OTHER CHARGES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT AGAINST HUNDREDS OF JANUARY 6TH DEFENDANTS. JUDGE CHUTKAN HAS PRESIDED ON ABOUT OVER 2000 OF THE CASES. FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, SHE HAS CONSISTENTLY HANDED DOWN TOUGH SENTENCES IN THIS CASE IS ONE, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FOUND GUILTY. SHE'S THE ONLY JUDGE IN ANY OF THE JANUARY SIX CASES WHO HAVE HANDED OUT LONGER SENTENCES THAT DOJ PROSECUTORS EVEN ASKED FOR. YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT JUDGE CHUTKAN'S FIRST-TIME PRESIDING OVER A LEGAL MATTER THAT INVOLVES FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. IN 2021, DURING THE CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO JANUARY SIX, TRUMP SUIT TO TRY TO BLOCK INVESTIGATORS FROM ACCESSING SOME OF HIS RECORDS FROM HIS TIME IN THE WHITE HOUSE, AND IN THAT LAWSUIT, JUDGE RULED AGAINST. SHE ALLOWED THE JANUARY SIX INVESTIGATORS TO ACCESS THE CRIMINAL RECORDS. SHE DID IN MEMORABLE TERMS. SHE WROTE IN HER RULING, BUT YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, QUOTE, PRESIDENTS ARE NOT KINGS. THAT WAS A JUDGE CHUTKAN. LET'S BRING IN ANDREW WEISSMANN AGAIN. OF COURSE, HE WAS ONE OF THE SENIOR PROSECUTORS ON THE MUELLER CASE. HE ALSO SERVED ON THE FBI GENERAL COUNSEL. ANDREW, ON THE ISSUE ON WHAT WILL HAPPEN HERE NEXT, TO HAVE ANY IMPRESSIONS THAT YOU CAN SHARE FOR US OF JUDGE CHUTKAN AND HOW SHE RUNS A COURTROOM? AND ALSO WHAT WE SHOULD EXPECT ON THURSDAY WHEN TRUMP WILL BE ARRAIGNED BEFORE HER? >> EVERYTHING YOU SAID ABOUT JUDGE CHUTKAN IS EXACTLY RIGHT IN TERMS OF HER ROTATION. IN GENERAL, THE D.C. DISTRICT COURT HAS A LOT OF SELECT JUDGES, AND SHE IS ONE OF THEM. IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT SHE PART OF BEING ON THE BENCH WAS A DEFENSE LAWYER. SHE IS NOT VIEWED AS SOMEBODY WHO IS SORT OF, OH, YOU WANT TO BE WITH HER CRUSH YOUR ANTI GOVERNMENT. SHE IS ONE OF THOSE JUDGES WHO GOES TO DETAILS OF DUCKS IN A ROW, NO MATTER WHAT SIDE OR ON, DOES NOT SUFFER FOOLS AND IS NO NONSENSE. IT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT FROM A JUDGE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT SIDE OR ON, IF YOU WANT A GOOD RESULT. SO, I THINK WITH THE ARRAIGNMENT ON THURSDAY, THOSE ARE USUALLY PRETTY BORING AFFAIRS AND A NORMAL CASE, SOMEONE ENTERS A PLEA, THERE IS AN ISSUE OF BAIL, CONDITIONS. SHE MADE BECAUSE OF LOCAL RULES BE INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT THE DEFENDANT COMPLIES WITH SOME FREE PRESS FAIR TRIAL RULES, WHICH IS NOT TO MAKE STATEMENTS THAT COULD PREJUDICE A PROSPECTIVE JURY. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SAW WHEN I WAS A SPECIAL COUNSEL ON MUELLER'S TEAM, AND HE FAMOUSLY VIOLATED THAT AS DID PAUL MANAFORT. I THINK THE BIG ISSUE FOR HER IS THAT THERE ARE NOW THROUGH EACH TRIALS, SO YOU HAD DONALD TRUMP, HE'S BEEN INDICTED FOR CRIMES BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER HIS PRESIDENCY, AND SHE IS GOING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN SHE WILL BE ABLE TO SLOT IN HER TRIAL. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL COME UP AND AN ARRAIGNMENT. SHE WILL BE INTERESTED IN MOVING THE CASE ALONG. SHE'LL BE VERY INTERESTED IN WHETHER THE DISCOVERY AS BEEN TURNED OVER. I EXPECT THAT WE WILL HEAR PRIOR TO THURSDAY FROM THE GOVERNMENT, A REPORT ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE WITH RESPECT TO DISCOVERY. YOU SAW THAT AT THE MAR-A-LAGO CASE, AND INTO THE WAY THAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN TRY AND PROMPTED THE JUDG
