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A former Florida prosecutor who was tabbed by then-Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as her "drug czar" laughed off attempts by the Department of Justice to get information out of a convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, during an appearance on MSNBC Saturday afternoon.

Appearing with host Alex Witt, former Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg was quick to point out that the partner in crime of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was charged with perjury during Trump's first administration which automatically makes anything she spills to the DOJ suspect.

After earlier pointing out that he is a longtime friend of Maxwell attorney David Oscar Markus. Aronberg said the lawyer and his client are doing a "dance" to obtain a Donald Trump pardon which should not even be under consideration.

"I'm curious how you interpret the revelation that [DOJ official and former Trump lawyer] Todd Blanche asked Maxwell about 100 people. We don't know if that's factually a correct number or just a generic one he's throwing out there, but does it suggest to you some kind of a list and is whatever she said the definitive word on guilt or innocence of those 100 or so people?" the MSNBC host asked.

"Ghislaine Maxwell is a liar," a smirking Aronberg replied. "She was charged with perjury back in 2020 by the Trump administration, and now they want to believe her. They want to believe her because they want her to tease the [MAGA] base by saying there is a list of 100 people, even if it's not officially a list, there are 100 people out there because that's what the base wants to hear."

"So Trump is trying to give the base what they want without releasing the files," he added before asking and answering, "Will it work? I don't think so. And you can see the language that the lawyer David Markus used here. 'She was treated unfairly.' You called it, Alex, there are no coincidences here. This is the dance I was talking about; you use the language of Donald Trump, that's how to get to him, that's how to get a pardon. "

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Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) called Donald Trump a "lying scumbag," multiple times on MSNBC on Saturday morning while leveling accusations that the president had "groped" sexual assault victims of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Brought on by host Ali Velshi to talk about House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) shutting the chamber down early for summer recess to avoid a bipartisan bid to obtain the so-called Epstein files, Smith's repeated use of "scumbag" for the face of the Republican party seemed to stun the MSNBC host.

Asked about the Epstein files firestorm, Smith replied, "There's two big things. I mean, one, this really exposes Donald Trump as the lying scumbag that he is."

"I mean –– and look, there's a whole bunch of other policy issues, but the fundamental lack of character from Donald Trump is on display here," he continued. "He lied about the Epstein files for years, trying to use them against Democrats, by making up conspiracy theories that were all lies and, I mean, the lies are across the board. "

"And you've seen it this week lying about what President Obama was doing on the Russia investigation. I mean, lies are the cornerstone of how he governs, and we need to expose him on that," he added. "And then the scumbag piece is, here he is hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein. And by the way, several of the people who were abused and sexually assaulted by Epstein have accused. Donald Trump of groping them and other sexually inappropriate behavior towards them."

"You know, we're trying to get the majority back in the House and hopefully the Senate so we can begin to stop just the cascade of horrible things that the Trump administration is doing and here we have Republicans doing the bidding of a lying scumbag and undermining victims of sexual assault by turning their backs on them," he accused.

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To the obvious delight of journalist Jemele Hill, CNN data guru Harry Enten dominated a panel discussion on conservative conspiracy-spewer Candace Owens who is being sued by Emanuel and Brigitte Macron for accusing the wife of the French president of being a man.

On Saturday's edition of CNN's "Table for Five," host Abby Phillip brought up the lawsuit in which the French president and his wife accused Owens of attempting "to promote her independent platform, gain notoriety, and make money."

With hardly a pause, Enten launched into a fierce rant that had the entire table sitting back and watching while he went off.

With Phillips calling Owens' bizarre accusations and harassment of the couple "amazing," Enten shot back 'That has got to be one of the dumbest arguments I have ever heard, first off."

He then exclaimed, "Second off, I mean, not only is she stupid, but she's also disgusting, right? I mean, Candace Owens has got to be one of the most disgusting folks who ever gets airplay on any major network."

"And this is actually not even the worst of Candace Owens," Phillips added.

"No! She's an anti-Semite, yeah, she's an anti-Semite. She's anti-gay, she's an anti-Semite. She has said stuff about the history of slavery in this country that's disgusting," he exclaimed as Hill shook her head in agreement.

"Yes, it's funny insofar, you know, that, you know, her statements make no sense," he added. "But when we really get to the core of the issue, she's just a disgusting human being and that's the bottom line."

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Government employees who have been doing Donald Trump's dirty work during his second term should take note that the president recently admitted they may not have immunity for their actions.

And that includes White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and ICE agents who have been assaulting and snatching immigrants off U.S. streets whether they are in the country legally or not.

That was a warning given by conservative attorney George Conway on MSNBC on Saturday morning where he talked about, among other topics, Trump's appointees going up to the line and sometimes over thereby breaking the law.

Speaking with the hosts of "The Weekend," Conway stated, "There's no check against him anymore, there's no checks. He actually, by the way, he was a lot more coherent a few years ago than yesterday, but let's set that aside."

"His mental acuity," co-host Eugene Daniels interjected.

"Yeah, no," Conway replied. "Everything is –– he's a narcissist. He's the most profoundly narcissistic individual we've ever seen in American politics. It's all me, me, me, me, me, there is no other to him. The government belongs to him, he talks about his generals. It was always going to be his Justice Department and he was always going to view the Justice Department and the attorney general and everybody who works for the attorney general to the lowest US assistant, US attorney in the smallest district in the country."

"And let me just say, I mean, it's working for all these people who want these nice jobs, right, that they're not qualified for, like Alina Habba and the guy in the Northern District of New York," he added.

"But you know, Trump said something before the break in his incoherent way that, actually, the people who work for him now should remember," he pointed out. "He [Trump] said that the people who work for Obama, they're not protected by the immunity decision. Well, all you people who are getting those jobs right now working for Donald Trump, whether you be the lowliest ICE agent or Stephen Miller himself? You better watch it because you don't have immunity."

That earned him a "Wow!" from Jonathan Capehart.

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Any thought that Donald Trump might have about issuing a pardon to convicted human sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell should be squashed immediately if he wants to have a chance of surviving the Jeffrey Epstein files firestorm, according to one lawyer.

During an appearance on MNBC's "The Weekend," conservative attorney George Conway, who is no fan of the president, had some advice for Trump as his DOJ works with Maxwell for possible testimony.

When it comes to offering a pardon to Maxwell after her conviction on child sex trafficking and felony conspiracy among other charges, Conway suggested Trump would be toying with fate.

Speaking with the host, he quizzed them about previous Trump pardons by asking, "What did Roger Stone and [Paul] Manafort get charged with and what were they found guilty of?"

"Oh gosh, I mean, that's like a decade ago. I can't even remember," Jonathan Capehart admitted.

"You will always remember what Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of –– that's the point," Conway exclaimed. "It's very simple. It's like it's worse than just this abstract. You know, this went on for years. This is what, a thousand victims? Two of the women who talked, they were girls when they were molested. Two of the victims who testified, or two of the four who testified at trial, were 14. 14 -year-old girls when Epstein first had sex with them."

"Ghislaine Maxwell was right there telling them what to do, how to do it, taking their passports away so they couldn't get off Epstein Island, okay?" he elaborated. "This is not going to work for Donald Trump, okay? He does this, he's pushing a big bomb to blow himself up."

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Republican House members who were sent on vacation early by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) are lost in the wilderness as they try to grapple with how to approach Donald Trump's Jeffrey Epstein firestorm that has engulfed the White House.

And Johnson is being of little to no help.

That is the opinion of GOP strategist Annalyse Keller, who appeared on MSNBC on Saturday morning.

Speaking with the hosts of MSNBC's "The Weekend," Keller was asked what GOP lawmakers are thinking as they head home for their summer break.

"I think Republicans are tying themselves in knots right now," she admitted. "They're really struggling both from MAGA world and the congressional Republicans here, who, as you saw, Speaker Johnson had to sort of dismiss everyone and send everyone home because they really couldn't come to any type of resolution on whether they were going to move forward and vote for something that would release some of these files. So I think Republicans are trying to buy Trump some time and allow him to, I don't know, maybe try to figure out some way to get around this, to move past it."

That led co-host Jonathan Capehart to interject, "But Speaker Johnson is messing things up because he sent them away so they wouldn't have to deal with Epstein. But then he goes on television after the president said this is, quote, a hoax. The speaker of the House goes on and says, this is. quote, not a hoax."

"So what is Speaker Johnson doing?" he exclaimed.

"You know, that's a good question," she replied. "I mean, I think it's a difficult position to be in because he knows his conference wants to get answers. They, a lot of them, have been on the record on this, but then they're put in this tricky position of being against Donald Trump, which they really, it's a really uncomfortable place for Republicans to be."

"And this is one of the real issues that has divided Republicans," Keller admitted. "I mean, we're six months into the presidency. There was a little around the Iran nuclear strikes. I think there was a little bit of some division between the Republican ranks, but this is the first thing that I've seen that has really tied Republicans in knots."

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