New Delhi: Donald Trump appeared before the district court on Thursday in the case of overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election of America. In front of Indian-American District Judge Moxila Upadhyay, Trump said that he is innocent. The allegations leveled against him are false and baseless. According to The Hill’s report, Gujarat-born judge Moxila Upadhyay reminded Trump that any act of bribing, influencing, or retaliating against witnesses during the impeachment proceedings is a crime. It is bound to arise a question in the mind who is Moxila Upadhyay before whom Trump appeared? Let us tell you about this.
The family of Moxila Upadhyay is originally from Gujarat. She settled in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. She has studied in America only. According to a PTI report, Upadhyay was appointed as a United States Magistrate Judge in September 2022. She won acclaim for her trial work representing clients in the Criminal Justice Clinic. During her graduation, she was a member of the Administrative Law Review.
Judge Moxila of Indian origin has done journalism
Moxila Upadhyay completed a two-year stint as a law clerk to former Chief Justice of the DC Court of Appeals Eric T. Washington after graduating from American University’s Washington College of Law. She completed her Bachelor of Journalism from the Missouri School of Journalism, Bachelor of Arts with honors in Latin from the University of Missouri.
Moxila Upadhyay has won many awards
Moxila Upadhyay worked with Venable LLP in Washington, where she practiced complex commercial and administrative litigation. She was a partner there and represented the poor people convicted during further proceedings. The firm named him Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year in 2006, and the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project honored him with the Defender of Innocence Award in 2009.
