Trump's 'advanced age' could spur pity from Judge Tanya Chutkan: analysis

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Trump's 'advanced age' could spur pity from Judge Tanya Chutkan: analysis

Former President Donald Trump might not get the full force of federal Judge Tanya Chutkan's wrath should he be convicted in special counsel Jack Smith's Jan. 6 case, Kyle Cheney writes for Politico.The key reason behind a potentially lightened sentence can be found in an unrelated case Chutkan decided Friday; that of Stephen Schechter, an investment banker in his late 70s who pleaded guilty to stashing $5.1 million cash oversees. "Chutkan dwelle…