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A campaign aide for former President Donald Trump deflected Wednesday over whether the campaign supports conspiracy theories put forth by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Corey Lewandowski refused to give a straight answer when confronted by MSNBC's Ari Melber over whether the campaign stands behind Kennedy's many fringe theories now that the Trump campaign is using him as a surrogate.

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) on Wednesday continued to attack President Joe Biden for the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan -- but during his remarks, Vance seemed to confuse the gate where a suicide bomber killed 13 American soldiers with a street in London made famous by the Beatles.

During a campaign event, Vance was asked about an incident at Arlington National Cemetery when officials of the cemetery told Trump's campaign that they couldn't take photos in the Iraq and Afghanistan section and that no political activity could happen on cemetery grounds.

Conservative commentator Matt Lewis lamented on the latest episode of his podcast with Washington Monthly's Bill Scher about how his longtime Republican Party has devolved into a cult of "weird" people who now set the agenda and have chased any reasonable, serious people out of the fold.

This came as they discussed the fact that former President Donald Trump has been toying with the idea of replacing Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, already himself a bit of a fringe figure, with conspiracy theorist and former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on his ticket.

Donald Trump responded to the news of the grand jury passing down a superseding indictment in the past 24 hours with a flood of memes that MSNBC reporters called "vengeful" and "explicit."

Speaking to MSNBC Wednesday, Vaughn Hillyard showed a handful of posts Trump shared on Truth Social. One image showed a number of Democrats and Bill Gates behind bars and in orange prison uniforms. The caption reads: "How to actually 'fix the system.'"

During an appearance on "Morning Joe" MSNBC legal analyst Danny Cevallos applauded the effort special counsel Jack Smith put into going before a grand jury and getting a superseding indictment against Donald Trump related to the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Speaking with fill-in hosts Jonathan Lemire and Katty Kay, Cevallos explained that Smith trimmed down his charges against the former president which will make it harder for the conservative Supreme Court to intercede on his behalf.

Asked to "walk us through what happens next," Cevallos explained, "Normally a superseding indictment is something that strikes fear into the heart of a criminal attorney like me. It usually means that government has found more defendants or they've found more bad evidence and are charging more crimes. It's rare that you have a superseding indictment that reduces information."

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"Ultimately the only thing I care about is the counts, and all four counts remain," he pointed out. "That means if the defendant is convicted the sentencing guidelines will be exactly the same. All Jack Smith's team has done is taken a look at the indictment and said 'What should we remove that insulates us?' And, yes, they removed references to Trump's attempts to subvert the DOJ and maybe install a new acting attorney general, but they keep in language about vice president Pence, which signals to me that Jack Smith's team is feeling very confident."

"They've kept all four counts and they're keeping in conduct and the Mike Pence conduct is significant because the Supreme Court suggested that this at least was entitled to the presumption of immunity," he added. "So Jack Smith is signaling that even conduct that may be entitled to a presumption of immunity, it is full steam ahead. They are not afraid of the district court and any possible hearing; they are going forward with these counts."

"So as much as, yes, this indictment has been, I guess, reduced in length, everything that matters is still in it," he continued. "This is a strategic, I think a very brilliant move to keep this indictment alive, to head off any problems at the pass before Judge Tanya Chutkan has to hold a hearing making, I think, her job even easier."

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While Mormons have long been some of the most loyal Republican voters, Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign believes their distaste for former President Donald Trump gives them an opening in several states.

Appearing on CNN Wednesday, Rob Taber of the organization Latter-day Saints for Harris-Walz broke down exactly why some Mormon voters are rethinking their partisan loyalties this year, as Trump sits on the top of the Republican ticket for a third consecutive election cycle.

The Democratic National Convention on Thursday featured a video and speech from More Perfect Union reporter John Russell, who stressed to the Chicago crowd that the party has an opportunity to win over working-class people.

"Thank you to the workers that make this convention happen," Russell began. "Let's never forget how essential all of our labor is."

Donald Trump's legal standing has shifted dramatically in the nearly two months since the U.S. Supreme Court granted him broad immunity from prosecution.

One of the cases against him was dismissed weeks later by federal judge Aileen Cannon, but his re-election chances took a major hit after Kamala Harris replaced President Joe Biden as the Democratic Party nominee and his legal jeopardy tightened Tuesday after special counsel Jack Smith filed a new indictment in his election subversion case that carves out some conduct that could be described as official actions.