https://berylhowell.com/ A sourced critical briefing on Senior Judge Beryl A. Howell. Facts are cited. Opinion is marked. A released memo is not a misconduct finding. A complaint is not a House impeachment article. en-us Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:00:00 -0000 https://berylhowell.com/posts/senate-confirmation.html https://berylhowell.com/posts/senate-confirmation.html Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:00:00 +0000 Obama nominated her July 14, 2010. Senate confirmed by voice vote December 22. Commission December 27. PN1967. https://berylhowell.com/posts/chief-judge.html https://berylhowell.com/posts/chief-judge.html Thu, 17 Mar 2016 18:00:00 +0000 Chief judge March 2016–March 17, 2023. Grand-jury supervision is the chief-judge job. Not a handshake with Mueller. https://berylhowell.com/posts/mueller-materials.html https://berylhowell.com/posts/mueller-materials.html Fri, 25 Oct 2019 18:00:00 +0000 19-gj-48. She granted House Judiciary access to certain Mueller grand-jury materials. A disclosure order is not a crime finding. https://berylhowell.com/posts/perry-phone.html https://berylhowell.com/posts/perry-phone.html Thu, 18 Aug 2022 18:00:00 +0000 22-sc-2144. She issued the D.D.C. warrant on Perry’s extracted phone and later ordered most records produced. Named in the successor opinion. https://berylhowell.com/posts/smith-notes.html https://berylhowell.com/posts/smith-notes.html Fri, 13 Jan 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Jan. 13, 2023 notes: “She liked our approach” on omnibus privilege litigation. Same memo flags Boasberg for March 18. Document, not a plot finding. https://berylhowell.com/posts/twitter-warrant.html https://berylhowell.com/posts/twitter-warrant.html Tue, 17 Jan 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Warrant for @realDonaldTrump, plus a gag. Twitter delayed. She held the company in contempt and fined $350,000. Circuit affirmed. https://berylhowell.com/posts/chief-ends.html https://berylhowell.com/posts/chief-ends.html Fri, 17 Mar 2023 18:00:00 +0000 She left the chief-judge chair. Boasberg took it. The January notes had already written “Judge Boasberg = March 18.” https://berylhowell.com/posts/speech.html https://berylhowell.com/posts/speech.html Mon, 27 Nov 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Politico: Jan. 6 “big lies,” a Heather Cox Richardson “authoritarianism” line. No full transcript retrieved. She did not name Trump, the outlets said. https://berylhowell.com/posts/stefanik.html https://berylhowell.com/posts/stefanik.html Fri, 15 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Stefanik letter, Dec. 15, 2023. Misconduct complaint, not a House resolution. Later reporting: Tenth Circuit dismissed a matching complaint. https://berylhowell.com/posts/senior-status.html https://berylhowell.com/posts/senior-status.html Thu, 01 Feb 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Senior status February 1, 2024. Still on the D.C. court. Not a resignation. https://berylhowell.com/posts/wilcox-nlrb.html https://berylhowell.com/posts/wilcox-nlrb.html Thu, 06 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0000 25-cv-334. She voided the Wilcox firing. SCOTUS stayed the order, 24A966. A district judgment is not the last word. https://berylhowell.com/posts/perkins-coie.html https://berylhowell.com/posts/perkins-coie.html Fri, 02 May 2025 18:00:00 +0000 25-cv-716. Permanent injunction against EO 14230. Shakespeare in the first pages. Not a Supreme Court holding. https://berylhowell.com/posts/casa-complaint.html https://berylhowell.com/posts/casa-complaint.html Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000 CASA to the D.C. Circuit, April 2026. Federalist exclusive. Allegation about the Grassley notes. Not House articles. https://berylhowell.com/posts/commentary-file.html https://berylhowell.com/posts/commentary-file.html Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000 Coverage log. Real URLs listed. Treehouse, OANN, Deep Capture, Breitbart, Daily Wire, RCP, NR, Free Beacon: no URL retrieved on this judge.