Tanya Chutkan

Tanya Chutkan
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office June 5, 2014
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Seat established
Personal details
Born	Tanya Sue Chutkan (1962-07-05) July 5, 1962 (age 61) 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.