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User ID: 70349168 United States 12/12/2017 07:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Tanya S. Chutkan, an Obama appointee Judge Recuses Herself From A Second Fusion GPS Case [ link to dailycaller.com] She obviously has some kind of connection. It seems she may have been a partner at a law firm, BSF, which has hired Fusion GPS to do opposition research for clients in the past. It’s unclear if she was there when Fusion was working for the law firm. She recused herself from first Fusion Case when they sued their own bank, TD Bank, to stop them from supplying their financial records to House Intell. This time, she recused over a case she was assigned over three months ago. The good news is a Trump appointee got the case. From article Aleksej Gubarev, a Russian tech executive accused in the dossier of hacking Democrats’ computer systems, has sought to subpoena Fusion GPS records and to depose its employees to find out more about the research firm’s work on the dossier.
Gubarev is suing BuzzFeed for defamation for publishing the dossier earlier this year. He denies the allegations laid out in the document, which was written by former British spy Christopher Steele.
Chutkan has presided over the case involving the lawsuit against BuzzFeed since Aug. 31. Her replacement is Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee who assumed office in October.The reasons for Chutkan’s recusals remain a mystery. |