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Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) was unfazed by President Donald Trump's newest legal threats against him, he told the panel on MSNBC's "The Weeknight" on Thursday.

This comes as Swalwell, currently considering a bid for California governor, is the latest to be referred to the Justice Department by Trump's controversial housing finance administrator Bill Pulte on barely-supported allegations of mortgage fraud — a go-to accusation that he has also used to target Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), New York Attorney General Letitia James, and Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook.

Behind closed doors, President Donald Trump has been increasingly "frustrated" about the emails from deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that the House Oversight Committee released on Wednesday.

That's according to CNN White House reporter Alayna Treene, who told the network on Thursday that White House sources confirmed the administration is "thinking about" the bipartisan Epstein files discharge petition that reached its decisive 218-signature mark on Wednesday. She also remarked that it was unusual for the administration to bring Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) into the Situation Room in an attempt to cajole her into taking her name off the petition.

A progressive analyst claimed during a podcast episode on Thursday that President Donald Trump is playing fans of the MAGA movement for "absolute fools" after his latest flip-flop.

On Wednesday, lawmakers released tens of thousands of new documents from disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein's case file. Some of the documents alleged new ties between the men, such as Trump spending hours at Epstein's home with one of his victims before Trump ran for office. None of the documents suggests any wrongdoing by Trump.

A MAGA pastor called on President Donald Trump to cross what he described as a "Rubicon" on Thursday during a podcast interview, according to a new report.

Right Wing Watch reported that MAGA pastor Joel Webbon, whom the organization described as a "fascist Christian nationalist," called on Trump to "round up" people who disagree with his deportation policies. People that should be targeted, according to Webbon, include "judges, mayors, governors, and any other elected officials."

U.S. Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino threatened to retaliate after a federal judge suggested as many as 600 detainees could be released due to violations of a consent decree requiring warrants for arrests.

In an order issued on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings said that the Department of Justice must release 13 detainees who were caught during the "Operation Midway Blitz" enforcement operation in Chicago. The judge also ordered the review of 600 others.

A federal judge in Virginia on Thursday heard arguments in a bid from former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James to disqualify President Donald Trump-appointed prosecutor Lindsey Halligan. And, according to a CNN report, the judge's questioning of the Department of Justice at times elicited gasps from courthouse observers.

Attorneys for Comey and James argue Halligan was hand-picked by Trump to prosecute his perceived political enemies. They allege she is serving as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia unlawfully.

Conservative host Megyn Kelly suggested that she did not initially believe Jeffrey Epstein was an "actual pedophile" because he reportedly victimized girls aged 15 and older.

Kelly spoke to journalist Batya Ungar-Sargon about Epstein on Wednesday after Democrats released emails suggesting President Donald Trump "knew about the girls" during his friendship with the pedophile. The conversation was first reported by Media Matters.

Donald Trump appointee Lindsey Halligan’s ability to prosecute critics of the president is being sorely tested on Thursday as she faced a hearing on whether she was legally hired into her position at the same time that investigators and lawyers in her Virginia office have refused to work with her.

Halligan is facing a claim that her appointment does not pass legal muster after she rushed to bring criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.