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Former Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger had a lot to say Wednesday about how the fallout of the Jeffrey Epstein files has impacted President Donald Trump's administration.

The Epstein files have become one of Trump's biggest political liabilities over the last week. His MAGA base erupted with anger after Trump's Department of Justice issued a memo contradicting essential parts of the Epstein narrative. The memo said Epstein died by suicide in jail and that he did not keep a list of clients. Both of these points are at odds with the narrative that Trump and his surrogates have been telling the MAGA faithful for years.

A White House official claimed President Donald Trump plans to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, Bloomberg reported Wednesday

"While the lawmakers voiced support for the move, which would likely roil financial markets and lead to a consequential legal showdown, Trump has not made a final decision and could change his mind, according to the official who requested anonymity to discuss a private conversation," said Bloomberg.

Former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) laid into congressional Republicans on Wednesday over their support for President Donald Trump’s plan to claw back more than $9 billion in federal spending already approved by Congress.

Speaking on MSNBC, Dent, who used to serve on the House Appropriations Committee, said that the move to cancel already-approved funding would set a “really bad precedent” going forward, and that it could permanently weaken Congress’s power.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) called for information on the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein to be released Wednesday, while also claiming past comments of his related to the case had been “misquoted and misrepresented."

“I have been misquoted and misrepresented on all of that, go watch the interview I did with Benny Johnson, I'm pretty clear,” Johnson told reporters Wednesday.

President Donald Trump will likely back down in his war against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a CNN panel suggested on Wednesday, following weeks of the president suggesting he may end up firing the Fed chair over his refusal to lower interest rates.

“It appears for now he'll keep his sort-of punching bag in place, and then he'll have a bag to punch as he complains about interest rates and the economy,” CNN’s Brianna Keilar said Wednesday.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones expressed dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump after he ordered MAGA fans to stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein.

"So now Trump has slammed 'past supporters' over fixation on Epstein," Jones explained on his Wednesday program. "And I am just like, whoa, okay. That's not very Trumpian. I mean, he doesn't flip-flop hardly ever or change policies in decades."

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said that Democrats have been asking for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files for years — and that President Donald Trump should want to clear his own name.

Swalwell complained that Republicans pretend that they want to see the files, but in a vote on Tuesday they blocked a measure that would have ordered the Justice Department to release the information, which many believe will link powerful people with the pedophile.

President Donald Trump faced backlash after it appeared he had forgotten that he had appointed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

While appearing in the Oval Office on Wednesday, Trump was asked if he intended to fire Powell.

President Donald Trump blasted his own party Wednesday as supporters continue to demand documents from the investigation into alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Trump opened his day with two long posts on Truth Social attacking the Epstein client list conspiracy as a "hoax" and calling those who believe a document exists that damns powerful people through association with the pedophile "weaklings."

As part of the unrelenting coverage of the Jeffrey Epstein files firestorm that is consuming Donald Trump and the Department of Justice, MSNBC's Anna Cabrera shared a clip of Rep, Lauren Boebert (R-CO) attempting to be helpful.

That, in turn, led to smirks and barely suppressed laughter from her panel.

On Tuesday, the Colorado Republican told conservative podcaster Benny Johnson, "Of course we want answers. No one is satisfied with what has been received or lack thereof. No one is satisfied with the rollout of this," before adding, "That has got to happen. There has to be a special investigation into this if we aren’t going to be provided information. This is certainly important and I want answers, and maybe that takes that special counsel to do so. Maybe Matt Gaetz can lead the special counsel.”

After watching the clip, former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade began laughing, MSNBC reporter Julie Tsirkin smirked and looked away and host Cabrera busted out a grin.

"Hmm, " Cabrera laughed. "Is there any real support for Boebert's idea there on Capitol Hill?"

"Well, certainly among people like Boebert, deep in the MAGA space that support continuing to investigate this issue," Tsirkin replied. "I will tell you, though, that even somebody as senior like Jim Jordan, who, of course, chairs a very important committee here, the Judiciary Panel, he is not interested at all in going down this road. He was pressed several times about it yesterday, and he continued to say that he stands with the president and he stands behind what his administration is doing here."

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President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Wednesday to attack his supporters as "weaklings" for believing in what he now claims is a Jeffrey Epstein "hoax."

MSNBC host Ana Cabrera noted that Trump has worked to turn MAGA in different directions since last week, begging them to celebrate the successes they're having, alleging that the Epstein story is a Democratic conspiracy, and now, mocking his own supporters.