Experts are not buying Trump’s claim for why he called off strike on Iran in mid-air

An accused Capitol rioter and his wife are now facing child endangerment charges after they allegedly hid from the FBI in an unheated travel trailer in the Nevada foothills.

Josiah Kenyon, 34, is accused of assaulting police with several objects — including a table leg with a protruding nail — during the Jan. 6 insurrection. According to the Department of Justice, Kenyon wore a Jack Skellington costume, based on a character from the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas, to the Capitol.

Seth Meyers on Wednesday night took aim at Florida Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz — and other "sycophants in the Trump cult" — who've been floating an "insane" plan to install the former president as House speaker if they win back the majority in 2022.

"Their only goal is power, and they're laser-focused on getting ready for the next coup, after nearly pulling off the last one," the Late Night host said of the GOP. "Yesterday a group of Republicans including Matt Gaetz even went so far as to suggest that if they win back power in 2022, they would spend most of their time trying to prove the unhinged conspiracy theory that the Jan. 6 insurrection was actually staged by the FBI. Gaetz added that they would focus on that rather than on working with Democrats to pass legislation."

On Wednesday, The New York Times reported that new findings contradict key claims in an indictment against attorney Michael Sussman made by special counsel John Durham in his investigation into whether the origins of the investigation into the Trump campaign's multiple contacts with Russian officials during the 2016 presidential election.

"This week, additional pieces of evidence emerged into public view that were not in the indictment — one of which appears to dovetail with the accusation against Mr. Sussmann by the special counsel, John H. Durham, who was appointed during the Trump administration, while several others appear to conflict with it," reported Charlie Savage. "The material emerged in court filings and at a status conference before a judge on Wednesday."