“Forced recusals for new Louisiana Supreme Court justice show campaign attacks still linger”: Andrew Gallo of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana has this report.

“Michael Avenatti Found Guilty in Extortion Case; Lawyer for Stormy Daniels convicted on charges linked to effort to extort millions from Nike”: Rebecca Davis O’Brien of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

And Jeff Mordock of The Washington Times reports that “Michael Avenatti convicted on all counts in Nike extortion trial.”

“New Developments Feed Debate on Justice Department Independence; Prosecutors decline to charge McCabe; outside prosecutor appointed to examine investigation into Flynn”: Aruna Viswanatha and Sadie Gurman of The Wall Street Journal have this report.