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This courtroom sketch depicts Rick Gates on the witness stand as he is cross examined by defense lawyer Kevin Downing during the trial of former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on bank fraud and tax evasion at federal court in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. U.S. District court Judge T.S. Ellis III presides. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)

Judge in Manafort case seals discussion of Rick Gates and Trump probe

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

This courtroom sketch depicts Paul Manafort, seated right row second from right, together with his lawyers, the jury, seated left, and the U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III, back center, listening to Assistant U.S. Attorney Uzo Asonye, standing, during opening arguments in the trial of President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Manafort's on tax evasion and bank fraud charges. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)

Judge T.S. Ellis, Robert Mueller prosecutors at odds over witness in Paul Manafort trial

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., flanked by Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., left, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., questions witnesses as the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on the Trump administration's policies on immigration enforcement and family reunification efforts, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 31, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senator claims Judge Kavanaugh misled lawmakers under oath in 2006

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

2 lawyers representing ex-wife of slain NBA player withdraw

By ADRIAN SAINZ - Associated Press

Paul Manafort goes through security as he arrives at federal court, Friday, June 15, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Judge sends Paul Manafort to jail after revoking bail

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Judge allows Trump foreign gifts case to proceed

By STEPHEN BRAUN - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 29, 2016 file photo, Timothy Sullivan, acting director of intergovernmental relations for the city of Boston, leaves the federal courthouse following his arraignment in Boston. On Thursday, March 22, 2018, just days before they were supposed to to trial on extortion charges, a federal judge dismissed the case against Sullivan and Kenneth Brissette, two Boston mayor aides accused of pressuring music festival organizers into hiring union workers.. (Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via AP, File)

Judge dismisses extortion case against Boston mayor’s aides

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER - Associated Press

Mark Zartler answers questions from his attorney Rick O'Connor about his daughter, Kara, Thursday, March 1, 2018 in Dallas. Christy and Mark Zartler were trying to remain Kara's legal guardians and Judge Brenda Hull Thompson ruled in their favor. The 18-year old has severe autism and cerebral palsy. (David Woo/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Texas dad OK as guardian in autistic teen, marijuana case

By NAOMI MARTIN - Associated Press

FILE - This Oct. 13, 2016, file photo released by the Hardin County Detention Center, shows Stephen Kyle Goodlett, the former principal of LaRue County, Ky. A federal judge is set to sentence former Kentucky high school principal Goodlett in U.S. District Court in Louisville Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, on child pornography charges stemming from uploaded nude images of a student whose cellphone he confiscated. (Hardin County Detention Center via AP, File)

Ex-principal gets 9 years for child porn from student phone

By REBECCA REYNOLDS YONKER - Associated Press

Virginia judge removed for witness tampering in wife’s trial

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Burns backer says he never endorsed Dallet in court race

By SCOTT BAUER - Associated Press

Administrative law judge rules against disciplinary rules

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Flint City Council seeks more time to choose water source

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Judge: NFL concussion victims hit with ‘deceptive practices’

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM - Associated Press

Laurel Schlemmer, center, is escorted to court by Allegheny County Sheriffs for her sentencing hearing, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, in Pittsburgh. Schlemmer, who drowned her two youngest sons in their bathtub because she felt that would enable her to be a better mother to their older brother, was sentenced to 30 to 80 years in prison. (Lake Fong/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

Mother gets 30 to 80 years in sons’ bathtub drownings

By JOE MANDAK - Associated Press

This undated still image from video provided by WTOV-TV in Steubenville, Ohio, shows Jefferson County, Ohio Judge Joseph Bruzzese Jr. Bruzzese was shot and wounded Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, as he walked toward his county's courthouse in Steubenville, Ohio, and a suspect was killed after a probation officer returned fire, officials said. (WTOV-TV via AP)

Man who shot judge was father of player convicted of rape

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

Judge: IBM owes Indiana $78M for failed welfare automation

By RICK CALLAHAN and TOM DAVIES - Associated Press

This December 2015, file photo shows U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson in Honolulu. Watson on Thursday, July 13, 2017, expanded the list of family relationships needed by people seeking new visas from six mostly Muslim countries to avoid President Donald Trump's travel ban. Watson ordered the government not to enforce the ban on grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins of people in the United States. (George Lee /The Star-Advertiser via AP, File)

Donald Trump’s travel ban to head back to Supreme Court

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Bill Cosby waves as he arrives at the Montgomery County Courthouse during his sexual assault trial, Friday, June 16, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Jury questions posed during Bill Cosby’s sex assault trial

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Supreme Court Justice nominee, Neil Gorsuch, center, is joined by Vice President Mike Pence, right, as they meet with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. Last year, Senate Republicans, led by McConnell, blocked a confirmation hearing for Judge Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama's pick for the vacancy left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia who died in February 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Democrats secure filibuster of Neil Gorsuch, pushing GOP toward ‘nuclear option’

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times