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Following Friday’s revelation that Jeffrey Epstein had a close personal relationship with the prosecutor behind his 2007 “sweetheart” plea deal, former Justice Department attorney Brendan Ballou cast doubt on the likelihood of further legal action in the case, citing in part the Trump administration’s reluctance to release its cache of Epstein files.

On Friday, the House Oversight Committee released another trove of Epstein documents, among them being emails that revealed that Epstein had a close relationship with former federal prosecutor Matthew Menchel, that included a ski trip sometime in the 2000s and multiple meetings and dinners from 2011 to 2017, according to a report from the Miami Herald.

William Nye, better known as the host of the hit educational show “Bill Nye the Science Guy,” was confronted Saturday by a correspondent for right-wing influencer Laura Loomer, who hurled a barrage of questions that Nye largely shrugged off.

Nye spoke Saturday at the ongoing “No Kings” protest in Washington, D.C., part of a series of anti-Trump protests expected to be attended by millions. Confronted while walking away from the Capitol, Nye was approached by Loomer Unleashed correspondent Charles Downs, who immediately started questioning Nye, and issued him a new nickname.

Republican strategist Tim Parrish struggled to defend President Donald Trump’s military strikes on suspected drug trafficking boats Saturday after being confronted with facts from CNN’s Abby Phillip that flew in the face of the Trump administration’s purported rationale for the military campaign.

“Any family in this country who's lost someone to fentanyl use would absolutely agree with President Trump that we are, in fact, at war with the cartels, and they would appreciate the president taking every action he can to stop the flow of drugs into this country,” Parrish said during an appearance on CNN’s “Table for Five” Saturday.

According to MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, President Donald Trump's latest moves all share the same goal: Keeping Americans distracted from the ongoing fallout over his administration's handling of unreleased documents pertaining to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

In an atypical Friday night broadcast (the longtime host hasn't had a regular weekly show since the end of Trump's first 100 days), Maddow used her opening monologue to argue that the president's distraction agenda is coming off as increasingly desperate. She touched on how Trump has quietly withdrawn appointees to key government positions, and not announced replacements — as he did with former Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner nominee E.J. Antoni last month. And she pointed out that despite the BLS having the ability to publish a September jobs report despite the shutdown, it had not done so.

A former Tea Party congressman unloaded on President Donald Trump late Friday after Trump broke the news he was freeing disgraced former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) from prison.

Trump took to his Truth Social platform to announce he was commuting the seven-year prison sentence for Santos, who pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Trump said Santos would be released from prison immediately, citing what he described as harsh treatment and extended solitary confinement.

A former pardon attorney was taken aback Friday night after President Donald Trump announced he was freeing disgraced former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) from prison after the expelled congressman pleaded guilty to fraud.

Trump took to his Truth Social platform to announce he was commuting the seven-year prison sentence for Santos, who pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Trump said Santos would be released from prison immediately, citing what he described as harsh treatment and extended solitary confinement.

President Donald Trump's commutation of former Congressman George Santos' prison sentence, based by his own admission in large part on him being a loyal Republican, was stupefying to conservative attorney turned anti-Trump activist and Society for the Rule of Law founder George Conway.

Speaking to "The Weeknight" on Friday, Conway detailed the crimes for which Santos was sent to prison — and laid into Trump for showing no concern for justice at all.