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President Donald Trump is taking more heat than ever for his controversial White House ballroom project — and his usual deflection tactics to divide his critics are simply not working anymore, former GOP strategist Tim Miller told MS NOW's Chris Hayes on Tuesday.

This comes as a small group of Republicans tries to capitalize on the assassination attempt on Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner to argue the ballroom project, which Trump long promised would be fully privately funded, should now instead get $400 million in taxpayer funding.

Fans of President Donald Trump's MAGA movement regularly claim that they hate what Hollywood represents, but the two worlds are much closer than once thought, according to one ex-MAGA influencer.

Ashley St. Clair, a former influencer, said during an interview on "The Lincoln Project Podcast" with Rick Wilson that Trump uses several Hollywood-learned tricks to create a sense of "fake legitimacy." They include using nefarious paid campaigns to coordinate messaging among influencers, and finding the right people to deliver specific messages, such as hiring attractive young women to push messages that sound "abrasive" coming from a man.

Gavin McInnes, the founder of the Proud Boys, came unglued on Tuesday during an off-the-rails interview on Piers Morgan's YouTube show, "Piers Morgan Uncensored."

McInnes was on a panel with right-wing provocateur Chris Rufo, ex-GOP lawmaker Joe Walsh, and liberal radio host Brian Shapiro, where they discussed the heated political rhetoric circulating since the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday. The alleged shooter, Cole Allen, fired multiple rounds inside the hotel where the event was held, but was never in close vicinity of the president or any members of the cabinet who were in attendance, according to reports.

A legal expert said during a new interview on CNN that he is shocked that the Trump administration returned another indictment against former FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday.

Ryan Goodman, editor in chief of Just Security, told CNN's Erin Burnett on her show, "OutFront," that "it was a shock" that a grand jury returned the three-page indictment against Comey for charges of threatening the president and felony interstate communication violations. He added that there are possible repercussions down the line for lawyers working on the case.

President Donald Trump's attack dog in the Federal Communications Commission issued a dark threat to a media behemoth during a new podcast interview over an ongoing investigation into its diversity policies.

FCC Chair Brendan Carr on Tuesday told right-wing podcaster Katie Miller, host of "The Katie Miller Podcast" and wife of Stephen Miller, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy, that his agency has "evidence" that Disney had instituted policies that gave employees "different opportunities" based on their demographic information. Carr added that the agency's investigation into the company remains ongoing.

FBI Director Kash Patel might have just violated critical rules around grand jury secrecy at a press conference announcing the new indictment of his predecessor James Comey, a legal expert flagged on Tuesday.

Comey, who was already indicted for allegedly making false statements to Congress — only for that charge to be dropped because the DOJ's prosecutor was improperly appointed — is now charged with making threats against President Donald Trump, because he posted an Instagram photo of seashells arranged to spell "8647" — the implication being that Trump, the 47th president, should be "86ed."

A political analyst was outraged on Tuesday after Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt issued an "abundantly clear" threat to the press during her briefing.

Leavitt, who returned early from maternity leave to hold the daily briefing, told reporters about the Trump administration's efforts to "tone down the rhetoric" following the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday. At the event, a lone gunman fired several rounds inside the Washington Hilton, where the dinner was held. A Secret Service agent was hit in their bulletproof vest and survived. No one was killed, and the president and members of his cabinet were rushed out of the event unscathed.

A legal expert flagged a "major problem" in the indictment that President Donald Trump's Department of Justice returned against former FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday during an interview on CNN.

Elie Honig, a former federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, discussed the new indictment on CNN's "The Lead" with host Jake Tapper. The three-page indictment alleges two felony charges related to an Instagram post Comey made last year that featured an image of seashells that read "86 47," a phrase that some conservative commentators seemed to think meant that Comey wanted Trump to be killed.