The court absolutely needs to drag Trump back down to Earth and demonstrate that no one is above the law. At the same time, Judges are supposed to be impartial and part of Judge Chutkan’s statement, “It’s a blind loyalty to one person who, by the way, remains free to this day” could be seen as prejudicial. Whether or not she acts in an unbiased way is an entirely separate issue. The appearance of bias will open the door to an appeal of any verdict against Trump.
Ya, Trump belongs in prison; but, it’s going to need to be done in the most scrupulous way possible to keep him from wiggling out of accountability.