Tanya Chutkan, an Unflinching Judge in the Trump Jan. 6 Trial Judge Chutkan, who grew up in a prominent Jamaican family and has extensive trial experience, has been thrust into the limelight. She shows no sign of being intimidated by it.

Who is Tanya Chutkan, Judge Assigned to the Trump Jan. 6 Trial? A judge with a liberal background and significant criminal trial experience, Tanya S. Chutkan swiftly ruled against the former president in his 2021 attempt to keep White House papers secret from the congressional inquiry.