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Tom Howell Jr.

Tom Howell Jr.

Tom Howell Jr. covers politics and the White House for The Washington Times. He can be reached at thowell@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Tom Howell Jr.

Donald Trump awaits the start of a hearing in New York City Criminal Court, Thursday, February 15, 2024. A New York judge says former President Donald Trump's hush-money trial will go ahead as scheduled with jury selection starting on March 25. (Jefferson Siegel for The New York Times via AP, Pool)

N.Y. judge OKs March trial date for Trump hush money case

A New York judge on Thursday said former President Donald Trump will face trial next month on charges he falsified business records to conceal hush-money payments before the 2016 election, forcing him to spend weeks before a Manhattan jury during the heat of his third presidential run. Published February 15, 2024

Donald Trump's attorney Todd Blanche arrives at Trump Tower, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in New York. Former President Trump is expected to be back in a New York court Thursday for a hearing that could decide whether the former president's first criminal trial begins in just 39 days. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

N.Y. prosecutors poised to get first crack at Trump in campaign year

It is increasingly likely that former President Donald Trump's first criminal trial of this election year will begin in New York next month, forcing him to split time between the courthouse and campaign trail as he closes in on the GOP nomination. Published February 14, 2024

Special counsel Jack Smith speaks about an indictment of former President Donald Trump on Aug. 1, 2023, at a Department of Justice office in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Supreme Court orders feds to answer Trump’s immunity petition

The Supreme Court on Tuesday told special counsel Jack Smith to respond to former President Trump's request for it to take up his presidential immunity claim as the justices weigh how to proceed in the unprecedented legal battle. Published February 13, 2024

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks upon arriving at a Get Out The Vote rally at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump asks Supreme Court to take up immunity claim

Former President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Monday to take up his claim of presidential immunity from charges that he conspired against the U.S. and its voters by seeking to overturn the 2020 election results. Published February 12, 2024

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, followed by special prosecutor Nathan Wade, right, arrives for a news conference at the Fulton County Government Center, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, in Atlanta. Willis acknowledged in a court filing on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, having a “personal relationship” with Wade, a special prosecutor she hired for the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump, but argued there are no grounds to dismiss the case or to remove her from the prosecution. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Fani Willis tries to quash subpoenas related to Trump-case relationship

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis wants to extinguish a subpoena targeting her ahead of a Feb. 15 hearing on whether her relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade should disqualify her from the election subversion case against former President Donald Trump. Published February 8, 2024

The Trump Organization's former Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg arrives at a New York courtroom, Nov. 15, 2022. Manhattan prosecutors are weighing a potential perjury charge against Weisselberg, Donald Trump’s former corporate finance chief, in connection with testimony he gave in October 2023 at the ex-president’s New York civil fraud trial, two people familiar with the matter told the Associated Press. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Perjury issue delays major N.Y. ruling in Trump civil trial

A monumental ruling that could upend former President Donald Trump's business empire in New York is on hold while the judge tries to figure out if former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg lied from the witness stand. Published February 7, 2024