The judge set to oversee former President Trump's latest criminal case is known for her sentencing of January 6 rioters and worked at a law firm associated with Hunter Biden. 

DC federal Judge Tanya Chutkan, who was picked to oversee Trump's criminal case in the capital, was declared 'the toughest punisher' of rioters charged with offenses relating to the 2021 riot. 

In a profile by the Associated Press, written last year, it said: 'Chutkan has handed out tougher sentences than the [Justice Department] was seeking in seven cases, matched its requests in four others and sent all 11 riot defendants who have come before her behind bars.'

The article, titled 'In Jan. 6 cases, 1 judge stands out as the toughest punisher', continues: 'In the four cases in which prosecutors did not seek jail time, Chutkan gave terms ranging from 14 days to 45 days.' 

The AP article continued that Chutkan jailed, despite prosecutors not asking for it, 'an Ohio couple who climbed through a broken window of the U.S. Capitol.'

Other individuals caught during the insurrection included a 'Texas mortgage broker [who] posed for a selfie in front of rioters breaching the building [and an] Indiana hair salon owner celebrated on Facebook a day after she joined the pro-Donald Trump mob,' the AP wrote.

The 61-year-old was nominated by former President Barack Obama, was born in Jamaica and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's law school.

Chutkan had worked at the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner from 2002 until she was confirmed a federal judge in 2014.