Susan Glasser, it comes against the backdrop of the thing that has consumed Washington for weeks now. The very focus of your piece here in the New Yorker, which is on the continued fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein case files. It's titled, "Trump redefineses the Washington scandal." And in you write in part, quote, "The scandal is not the revelation that Trump was friends with a sexual monster who exploited underage women since that's not a revelation. Nor is it that the president lied to the American public ...

The director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, is today trying to throw a political lifeline to Donald Trump by showing up to the White House press briefing today, standing behind the podium and doubling down on her baseless conspiracy theory that President Obama's administration engaged in quote sedicious conspiracy by pushing a lie that Russia meddled in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump's campaign. A conspiracy so outrageous and dangerous it drew an exceedingly rare rebuke from President Obam ...

Political Commentary & Analysis - The report analyzes Tulsi Gabbard's statements, characterizing them as a political lifeline to Donald Trump and a baseless conspiracy theory regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election [1] - The report highlights the contradiction between Gabbard's claims and the conclusions of multiple investigations, including the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Justice Department, which found evidence of Russian interference [2][5][7] - The report emphasizes that Gabbard's statements lack factual support and serve as a distraction from other issues [7][12] - The report suggests that Trump's continued focus on the 2016 election is driven by a desire to deflect attention from his own legal troubles and avoid being the only president with a mug shot [14][15] Factual Disputes & Evidence - The report cites John Durham's $7.5 million investigation, which concluded that Russian interference, including hacking and releasing information, was helpful to the Trump campaign [5][6] - The report quotes Marco Rubio, stating that investigations found Moscow's intent was to harm the Clinton campaign, help the Trump campaign, and undermine the US democratic process [7] - The report clarifies that while there's consensus that Russia didn't directly manipulate votes in 2016, they did hack and release Democratic emails and spread disinformation to help Trump [11] Implications & Concerns - The report expresses concern about the politicization of national intelligence and the potential for misleading the public [9][10] - The report suggests that some believe certain narratives are being pushed because people are considered gullible enough to believe them without factual support [12]

Joining us now, Bull Works senior reporter Will Summer, New York Times opinion columnist David French and New York Times reporter and MSNBC contributor Jeremy Peters. Will, let's talk about the um the fever swamps of this conspiracy and and and why it's so hard to dismiss it, why the administration and even these high-profile MAGA people are having a hard time dismissing it. What exactly did they help people become convinced of? Sure. I mean, this has been a huge issue for the MAGA movement going back at le ...

We begin this hour with the continued fallout from President Donald Trump for President Donald Trump over the Jeffrey Epstein files and the calls for accountability from the Department of Justice. In a move seen as trying to win over the MAGA base, the DOJ filed a motion yesterday to unseal grand jury transcripts related to Jeffrey Epstein. There is no word yet from the federal judge whether he will agree to the request. But even so, the move would fall short of what some Magaloyalists are calling for, whic ...

Joining me now outside the White House is NBC Chief Justice and National Affairs Correspondent Kelly O'Donnell. Kelly, every day there's something new with this story and we saw some of the president's reaction to it and then the push back from the administration. Tell us what is the mood like inside the White House and what is the White House saying about Pam Bond's role in all of this.Well, it has been a tumultuous time timeline as we look at how the president's responses have have adjusted from frustrati ...

Think of all the things that Donald Trump has done that could have turned off his base, right. Stormmy Daniels might have elicited a backlash from evangelicals. It actually didn't, right.Uh attacking John McCain at P might have turned off some national security military, you know, veterans. Really didn't. Um bombing Iran might have permanently alienated the America First isolationists.you know, they they they sent off some mean tweets. Trump famously said he could shoot somebody on Fifth Avenue and not lose ...

The political debacle saddling Donald Trump over the course of this weekend and boiling over tonight is widely viewed on the right as his biggest problem with his base in this young presidency. A quote huge risk to his hold on the party even the coming midterms. That's from his allies headlines screaming about a quote rebellion or revolt against Trump.A politician who's certainly benefited from loyalty and a type of perception of almost lockep unassalable MAGA loyalty is now finding it clearly in danger. Th ...

It is not letting up the growing calls for the Justice Department to release more information about the Jeffrey Epstein case, including from the halls of Congress. One congressman saying, "Release the Epstein files." Another quote, "Your base wants to know." Another even asking, "Who are the rich and powerful being protected?" But all those calls now coming from Democrats. This after President Trump and his attorney general have been blasted by their own MAGA supporters over their shifting stances in this c ...

So, the Trump administration is trying to quell what had been a brewing revolt from his MAGA base over the Jeffrey Epstein files. This was a big issue for the right. The president told his supporters not to waste time and energy on this issue on deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. And the White House released this statement yesterday declaring the president's entire team would continue to work in quote lockep despite the reported feud over the matter involving Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Di ...