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A newly strengthened gag order prevents former President Donald Trump from disparaging court staff, jurors, witnesses, and now family of the judge and prosecutor.

But Trump may have found a loophole around it and former prosecutor Lisa Rubin is disgusted.

Legal analyst Elie Honig said Wednesday Special Counsel Jack Smith could resort to the "drastic" measure of requesting Judge Aileen Cannon's removal from Donald Trump’s classified documents case, but one ironic reason might be keeping him back.

Honig spoke with CNN anchor Dana Bash about “one of the big issues” Smith has with the Florida judge overseeing the federal case against the former president: "delay."

Fox News Business host Maria Bartiromo is promoting the thoroughly debunked claim an executive order signed by President Joe Biden allows "illegal immigrants" and "felons" to vote.

Bartiromo, in pushing the false claim Wednesday, told Fox News viewers, "Republicans are warning that there's a Biden order, executive order, which allows illegal immigrants and felons to vote."

Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo suggested Wednesday that the 2024 election might be "tampered with," even though Fox News agreed to pay out nearly $800 million to Dominion Voting Systems for false election fraud claims its hosts have made in the past.

Bartiromo, whose reporting was a cornerstone of Dominion's defamation case, made the remarks Wednesday during an interview with Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley. A video clip of the TV host was shared on social media.

A panel on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Wednesday hammered Senate Republicans for failing to drive a stake into the heart of former President Donald Trump's political career when they had the chance.

The discussion was sparked by Jeffrey Goldberg, an editor at The Atlantic, talking about his recent interview with former Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) in which he deflected criticism of his decision to acquit Trump at his second impeachment trial that came shortly after the former president incited a deadly riot at the United States Capitol building.

Special counsel Jack Smith launched into a “prosecutorial temper tantrum” with a late-night filing blasting Judge Aileen Cannon for "fundamentally flawed” proposed jury instructions, CNN’s legal analyst Elie Honig said Wednesday.

Smith's blistering court motion attacked Cannon’s order that lawyers prepare instructions in which jurors are asked to consider if classified documents taken by former President Donald Trump to his Mar-a-Lago home could be considered his personal property.

White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby blasted Fox News reporter Peter Doocy and Speaker Mike Johnson over the bipartisan border security bill that includes Ukraine aid. The legislation has been "languishing" for months, as Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to wage his illegal war and Ukraine's access to weapons continues to diminish.

Nearly two weeks ago The Washington Post reported, "In recent weeks, Ukraine’s troops have lost ground in the east, as they struggle with dwindling numbers of shells, bullets and even soldiers. And the situation could soon become much worse. U.S. intelligence has predicted that Ukraine may run out air defense missiles by the end of the month."