President Donald Trump launched a fresh attack Wednesday on Judge Beryl Howell as “a highly biased and unfair disaster.” Howell’s actions in and out of the courtroom support Trump’s claims.
Trump and Howell, a senior judge in the U.S. District Court of Columbia, have traded barbs before. On Wednesday, Trump refreshed his attacks on Howell when announcing he was suing Democrat-aligned law firm Perkins Coie, posting on Truth Social:
I’m suing the law firm of Perkins Coie for their egregious and unlawful acts, in particular the conduct of a specific member of this firm, only to find out that the Judge assigned to this case is Beryl Howell, an Obama appointment, and a highly biased and unfair disaster. She ruled against me in the past, in a shocking display of sick judicial temperament, on a case that ended up working out very well for me, on appeal. Her ruling was so pathologically bad that it became the ‘talk of the town.’ I could have a 100% perfect case and she would angrily rule against me. It’s called Trump Derangement Syndrome, and she’s got a bad case of it. To put it nicely, Beryl Howell is an unmitigated train wreck. NO JUSTICE!!!
Howell, an Obama appointee, is a registered Democrat in Washington, DC, who has a history donating to Democrats (as does her husband, also a registered Democrat) and has a history of anti-Trump conduct.
One instance in 2023 led Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) to file an ethics complaint against Howell for “partisan speech and illegal election meddling” after Howell insinuated that reelecting President Trump would lead to fascism in America.