Biden’s lawsuit to block Hur tapes assigned to judge who oversaw Trump’s Jan. 6 case

“These were private conversations, often involving sensitive subject matter, that took place in President Biden’s home,” the complaint states.

The lawsuit follows a February notification from the DOJ informing Biden that it planned to release the recordings and transcripts to Congress and the conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation in response to Freedom of Information Act requests.

“Every American, including a sitting or former Vice President, has a right to privacy in the personal conversations he has within his own home,” the complaint said. “And when the U.S. Department of Justice obtains that private information through a criminal investigation, the Department bears a particular responsibility to protect it from disclosure.”

Chutkan, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, serves on the federal bench in Washington, D.C., and has frequently handled high-profile cases involving President Donald Trump and the Jan. 6 attack.

She notably rejected an effort by Trump’s legal team to pause the release of evidence gathered by special counsel Jack Smith in the Jan. 6 investigation. During one sentencing hearing connected to the Capitol riot, Chutkan said, “this was no exercise of First Amendment rights. It was a violent attempt to overthrow the government.”

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Born in Jamaica in 1962, Chutkan attended George Washington University before earning her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She spent more than a decade as a public defender in D.C., trying more than 30 cases before entering private practice, according to her official court biography.

Obama nominated Chutkan to the federal bench in 2014, and the Senate confirmed her in a 95-0 vote.