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An evangelical pastor who's been endorsed by Donald Trump in his latest bid for Congress called for three Democratic congresswomen to be shackled "in chains" for treason.

Mark Burns, a televangelist-turned-Republican congressional candidate, told TNT Radio host Johnny Vedmore he was confident the biblical end of days was near because he believed the red heifers and other prophetic clues had been revealed, according to a video flagged by Right Wing Watch.

Normally straightlaced CNN host Dana Bash was unable to keep a straight face before sharing a clip of Fox News host Sean Hannity doing all he could to allow Donald Trump to walk back comments about plans to use the government to go after his perceived enemies if he is re-elected.

In the interview, which was pre-taped and edited before being broadcast on the conservative network on Wednesday night, Hannity appeared to be leading a confused Trump by the hand to push back at his critics who are warning about coming retribution.

Introducing the clip, a smirking Bash stated, "Last night Trump was on with Hannity and Hannity was clearly trying to throw him a lifeline and it didn't look like Donald Trump was ready to grab it."

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What followed was a clip of the Fox News host prompting the former president, "Focus on those that want people to believe you want retribution. That you will use the system of justice to go after your political enemies."

"So, number one, they're wrong," Trump replied. "It has to stop, because otherwise, we're not going to have a country. Look, when this election is over, based on what they've done. You have to do it. Look, I know what you want me to say something..." as Hannity interrupted and Trump spoke over him and added, "I don't want to look naïve."

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon was defiant after being ordered to report to prison by a judge on Thursday.

Bannon made remarks following U.S. District Court Judge Carl Nichols' decision to have him report to prison on July 1. The Republican strategist was convicted of two counts for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the Jan. 6 Committee.

Emily Baden said her former neighbors, Justice Samuel Alito and his wife Martha-Ann, used a "power imbalance" to "harass and intimidate" her and her husband.

Baden made the comments after news reports indicated that the two couples had a spat, which led to Martha-Ann flying a U.S. flag upside down like the Jan. 6 rioters.

As the prosecution in the case of Hunter Biden on charges of purchasing a weapon while he suffered from drug addiction was expected to wrap up, CNN legal analyst Elie Honig expressed skepticism about the possibility of a conviction.

Adding to that, the former federal prosecutor noted that the charges against President Joe Biden's son are based on a law that is so obscure he was unaware of its existence.

Speaking with hosts Kate Bolduan and John Berman, he explained that whether the younger Biden was an actual addict at the time of the purchase may be hard for prosecutors to nail down, which could cause the case to fall apart.

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"I've said publicly, I've never even heard of this law," he confessed. "I was a prosecutor for 14 years: It exists. It gets charged sometimes, but it was seen as a law that we just didn't use. I didn't even know about it because who's to define what is a quote-unquote 'addict' is sort of based on outdated notions of addiction."

"So combine this, combined the defense trying to find this incredibly narrowly like the moment the pen hits the paper with the fact you're in Delaware," co-host Berman interjected.

"Exactly, Honig agreed. "I think look, what is happening here is what we sometimes call jury nullification; you're not allowed as a defense lawyer to stand in front of a jury and say, 'Folks, this case is bogus, you should throw it out.' But you can certainly suggest that to a jury and a jury has the power to do that and I think what Hunter Biden's team is trying to do here is give the defense a hook, give the jury a reason to say, 'We don't like this case, we're going to hang and we're going to go not guilty.'"

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The federal appeals court overseeing U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon would have "no choice" but to remove her from the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case if she ruled with Donald Trump's assertion that special counsel Jack Smith was illegally appointed, said former Miami-Dade County court judge Jeff Swartz on CNN.

Swartz in particular slammed Cannon's decision Wednesday to hold a multi-day hearing on Trump's motion to throw out the case — and allow testimony from unrelated third-party right-wing lawyers at that hearing — as well as drag out motions from Smith to impose a gag order on Trump.

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski shamed Donald Trump and his Republican allies for betraying the sacrifices of D-Day veterans on the 80th anniversary of that crucial battle that defeated the Nazis.

About 200 surviving veterans of that battle, some of them now older than 100 and the rest in their late 90s, attended a ceremony along the beaches they had stormed in Normandy, establishing a foothold in Europe that ultimately led to the downfall of Nazi Germany, and the "Morning Joe" co-host condemned Republicans for risking American democracy to appease Trump.

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski warned that Donald Trump made clear in a Fox News interview that he's completely serious about prosecuting his enemies if he returns to the White House.

The former president sat down with conservative broadcaster Sean Hannity, who lobbed softball questions that gave Trump an opportunity to walk back those threats against president Joe Biden and others, but Trump instead doubled down and claimed he would be justified in using the criminal justice system to seek retribution.

Early Thursday morning the Washington Post's Eugene Robinson and MSNBC's John Lemire pounced on Donald Trump's boast in a campaign-oriented clip that President Vladimir Putin will do him a favor and release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich if he is re-elected.

Trump doubled down on the claim that he made in May, saying this week: “Evan Gershkovich, the reporter for The Wall Street Journal who is being held by Russia, will be released almost immediately after the election," before adding, "But definitely before I assume office, he will be home. He will be safe. Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, will do that for me. And I don’t believe he’ll do it for anyone else. And we will be paying nothing. Biden likes to pay massive numbers. We will be paying nothing. Thank you very much."

After Lemire shared the clip with the Washington Post columnist, Robinson expressed his disgust, explaining, "It's obscene. It is absolutely obscene and disgusting that he would use this as some sort of a campaign ploy."

After claiming that Black families were more unified under Jim Crow-era laws than they are today, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) then argued that President Joe Biden's policies have kneecapped Black Americans compared to when Donald Trump was in power.

"Where we are today — America is trying to have the economic policies and the public policies so that all people can thrive," he said during an appearance on CNN's NewsTonight with Abby Philip. "And if you're actually going to compare economic policies and public policies between the 45th president and 46 president, it's without question, they were better under the 45th."