White House pulled plug on Kristi Noem's plot to suspend TSA PreCheck: report

An explosive FBI email from July lists Trump as the first name among "positive case hits" of famous people in the files, noting that "one identified victim claimed abuse by Trump but ultimately refused to cooperate." Former senior DOJ officials told Sollenberger the language suggests prosecutors approached the woman about pursuing a criminal child sex trafficking investigation against Trump, which she declined.

The woman cited "fear of retaliation" when Trump's name surfaced in her FBI interview. She sued Epstein's estate in 2019 and received a financial settlement, but did not publicly name Trump in her complaint.

Prosecutors gave convicted Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell's legal team four FBI interviews with the Trump accuser, but released only one to the public. The DOJ withheld three accompanying FBI notes despite stating in court that these original case files aren't subject to protective orders governing the Maxwell case and could legally be released.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche dismissed questions about releasing the remaining materials at a press conference, stating "there's nothing I can do about that."

Trump has issued blanket denials of sexual assault in the past, claiming they “never, ever happened” and that all accusations against him are fabricated lies or politically motivated attacks.

"What Democrats are seeing, they are buoyed by the success that the voters are responding to their message," said anchor Symone Sanders-Townsend. "I think they're also responding to Trump and the Republicans' message, which is basically we don't give a — you know, this is a family show. So I understand, I think it is good news that there is so much energy out there that the Democrats think that they can expand the map here, and that's what they're doing."

"Well, and of course, and, and look at what Donald Trump has given them this past week," said Taylor, a longtime critic of the president he once served. "There's been a lot of bad news, but it's been the worst week for Donald Trump. And instead of reading the room, and I don't just mean the judiciary and the Supreme Court, instead of reading the room, Americans saying, 'please stop taxing me to death.' He says, 'no, you took away my tariffs. You took away my taxes. I will tax you more. I will tax you harder.' The guy is digging his own political grave here by making it a real bad midterm election."

"I had a conversation with friend of the show, Paul Begala, who — you know, Paul's forecasted a lot of elections before," said Taylor. "And we were having a chat and he said, 'You know what? This could be one of the biggest waves we've seen.' He's like, 'I don't say that to get people hyped up.' But you look at the fundamentals, the fundamentals being you have a president who is so directly saying, not only am I owning these tariffs and taxes, I am increasing them on you."

"Rarely have Democrats had such a great ability to directly tie a president to the economic harm people are seeing," he added. "Donald Trump is giving them that on a silver platter."

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"Trump has only doubled down on his tariff plans in the wake of the court decision, saying Friday that he would use Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose a 15 percent global tariff," said the report. "But that would expire after 150 days unless Congress extends it — a vote that could squeeze vulnerable members just months before the November midterm. Vulnerable Republicans and GOP strategists who quietly cheered the Friday court decision are worried that they’re heading into a heated, economy-focused election on their back foot."

All of this comes at a time when Democrats are strategizing a huge messaging war over the president's handling of the economy.

"Democratic operatives point to a series of off-cycle victories late last year in New Jersey, Virginia and elsewhere, where candidates made cost-of-living central to their pitch," said the report. "And a torrent of polling suggests Trump’s tariffs are unpopular with the electorate. In a November POLITICO Poll, a 45 percent plurality of Americans said higher tariffs are damaging the U.S. economy — in both the short and long term."

At the same time, Democratic officeholders, like Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL), have begun demanding Congress authorize a "refund" of Trump's tariffs in the form of checks to American households — something that puts Republicans in a further bind.

“When someone takes money that wasn’t authorized and does it in a way that harms you, they’ve stolen from you, and that is what the Trump administration has done for the last year,” Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV) told Politico.