As participants in the deadly January 6th Capitol riot face charges for their actions, many have tried to argue that they reasonably believed former President Donald Trump had given his imprimatur to their actions.

But according to the Associated Press, this defense is not being well-received in court.

According to a report from Politico's Playbook, Donald Trump may launch an attack on House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Sunday because he doesn't feel the top GOP official in the House has done enough to rein in Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY).

Several days ago McCarthy and Cheney had a public disagreement over the former president's future political prospects, with the Wyoming lawmaker telling reporters, "I've been clear about my views on President Trump and the extent to which, following Jan. 6, I don't believe he should be playing a role in the party or the country."

In a column for NBC News, Carol Lam, the former U.S. Attorney for Southern California, wrote that -- due to legal maneuverings by Donald Trump's lawyers -- prosecutors in Manhattan looking into his tax returns normally would find themselves under the gun to file criminal charges but they received a helping hand from lawmakers in the state.

Lam noted that Trump's attorneys did a good job repeatedly appealing to the Supreme Court to halt the release of what has been described as "millions of documents" related to his personal finances and his Trump Organization, and that has put prosecutors under the gun due to statue of limitations laws.