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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.

Former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Manhattan criminal court, Monday, May 6, 2024 in New York. (Brendan McDermid/Pool Photo via AP)

New York judge to Trump: You’re heading to jail if you violate gag order again

A New York judge warned former President Donald Trump on Monday that he'll go to jail if he further violates a gag order, starting the third week of his hush money trial on an ominous note before Trump Organization employees walked the jury through accounting evidence at the heart of the case. Published May 6, 2024

Former White House communications director Hope Hicks arrives for closed-door interview with the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Hope Hicks describes hectic 2016 climate, cries on witness stand at Trump trial

Prosecutors will call a new witness Monday when former President Donald Trump's hush money trial moves on from a dramatic cameo by Hope Hicks, a key former Trump aide who broke down in tears while describing the hectic days around the 2016 election and reports of hush money payments. Published May 3, 2024

Hope Hicks, former White House Communications Director, arrives to meet with the House Intelligence Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 27, 2018. Prosecutors say Hicks spoke with former President Donald Trump by phone during a frenzied effort to keep allegations of his marital infidelity out of the press after the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape leaked weeks before the 2016 election. In the tape, from 2005, Trump boasted about grabbing women without permission. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Former Trump aide Hope Hicks testifies about key events in 2016

Hope Hicks, a top aide to former President Donald Trump during his political rise, is testifying in her former boss' hush money trial about key players in 2016 payoffs to women and the fallout from the "Access Hollywood" tape before the election. Published May 3, 2024

Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (Charly Triballeau/Pool Photo via AP)

New York prosecutors want Trump slapped with new gag-order fines

Prosecutors on Thursday urged a New York judge to impose new fines on former President Donald Trump, pointing to four alleged violations of a gag order that barred the famous defendant from opining on potential trial witnesses, jurors and court staff. Published May 2, 2024

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to supporters during a campaign event, Sunday, April 21, 2024, in Royal Oak, Mich. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

Trump hammers on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.-as-liberal theme

Former President Donald Trump urged MAGA supporters on Monday not to "waste" their votes on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s independent presidential bid, painting him as the liberal who should siphon votes from President Biden instead of the GOP side. Published April 29, 2024

Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York, Friday, April 26, 2024. (Jeenah Moon/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump defense: National Enquirer’s moves in 2016 were good business, not a scheme

The former leader of the National Enquirer testified Friday he would have published a Trump Tower doorman's story about Donald Trump having a child out of wedlock if it were true as defense attorneys cast a payoff to the man as an attempt to protect the tabloid's reputation for scoops and not an election-related scheme. Published April 26, 2024