Who is Donald Trump’s new election fraud case judge?

Judge Chutkan has been stern with January 6 cases (Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts via AP)

The federal judge assigned to the election fraud case against former president Donald Trump has stood out as one of the toughest punishers of rioters who stormed the US Capitol on January 6 2021.

US District Judge Tanya Chutkan, a former assistant public defender who was nominated to the bench by former president Barack Obama, will oversee the case accusing Mr Trump of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in the two months leading up to the violent assault on the US Capitol by his supporters.