IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 658 
Censuring and condemning United States District Court Judge Tanya 
Chutkan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 18, 2023 
Mr. GAETZ submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Censuring and condemning United States District Court 
Judge Tanya Chutkan. 
Whereas United States District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan 
has exhibited open bias and partisanship in the conduct 
of her official duties as a judge for the United States 
District Court for the District of Columbia; 
Whereas, for example, in a sentencing related to January 6, 
on October 4, 2021, Chutkan issued a bizarre rant, opin-
ing that ‘‘People gathered all over the country last year 
to protest the violent murder by the police of an unarmed 
man . . . to compare the actions of people protesting, 
mostly peacefully, for civil rights, to those of a violent 
mob seeking to overthrow the lawfully elected government 
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is a false equivalency and ignores a very real danger that 
the January 6 riot posed to the foundation of our democ-
racy.’’; 
Whereas the violent protests of 2020 resulted in numerous 
injuries to law enforcement, including the firebombing of 
police vehicles, resulted in serious injuries to law enforce-
ment, first responders, civilians, and property, and re-
sulted in felony convictions and debarments of rioters 
from practicing law; 
Whereas Judge Chutkan’s expressed support for the violent 
protests in the summer of 2020 is conduct unbecoming 
a judge; 
Whereas the defendant before Judge Chutkan on October 4, 
2021, was a nonviolent offender who spent merely 12 
minutes on Capitol grounds, and who urged others to re-
main peaceful on January 6, 2021; 
Whereas Judge Chutkan’s comments raise serious concerns 
about the fairness and constitutionality of the sentencing 
of that defendant, or other defendants in cases relating 
to January 6; 
Whereas Chutkan donated thousands of dollars to elect 
Barack Obama; 
Whereas, in a more recent sentencing hearing in October 
2022, Chutkan lamented that Donald Trump ‘‘remains 
free to this day’’; 
Whereas such partisan commentary by Judge Chutkan has 
been ongoing and calls into question her fitness as a 
judge; and 
Whereas Chutkan’s comments and activities on and off the 
bench violate all 5 canons of the Code of Conduct for 
United States Judges; namely, calling into question the 
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integrity and independence of the judiciary; presenting 
impropriety and the appearance of impropriety; failing to 
perform the duties of the office fairly, impartially, and 
diligently; engaging in extrajudicial activities inconsistent 
with the obligations of the office; and engaging in polit-
ical activity: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That— 
(1) United States District Court Judge Tanya 
Chutkan be censured and condemned; and 
(2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives shall forthwith initiate an 
investigation into Tanya Chutkan, for the purpose of 
gathering evidence relevant to the duties of Congress 
under article II, section 4 of the Constitution of the 
United States. 
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