Judge Who Said Presidents Aren’t Kings to Handle New Trump Case

The Washington judge assigned to the new federal criminal case accusing Donald Trump of conspiring to obstruct the 2020 election has ruled against the former president before and imposed stiff sentences tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol by a mob of his supporters.

US District Judge Tanya Chutkan, a former public defender who was nominated to the bench by former President Barack Obama, was randomly assigned to the case after Trump was indicted Tuesday. Chutkan will preside over what may become one of the more politically consequential legal fights in US history.

The ...