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Will a political prosecution of former former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) be successful? "No dice," says one former prosecutor who warns that the threat still shouldn't be ignored.

Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig swiftly poured cold water on House Republicans’ claims that former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) broke the law for her work on the Jan. 6 committee – and suggested that a recently released GOP report “crosses the line.”

Donald Trump's daughter-in-law was hit with a barrage of criticism on Saturday after she made an announcement about her future in politics.

Lara Trump, who was appointed by her father-in-law to be co-chair of the Republican National Committee, announced over the weekend she is no longer in consideration for the role of Senator in Florida.

Republican lawmakers have set themselves up for failure in the next year, according to a former Republican staffer.

Brendan Buck, a former key adviser to ex-House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), appeared on MSNBC Saturday. Buck, who was counselor to Ryan and press secretary to former speaker John A. Boehner, has previously defended the president elect against allegations of parallels to Nazi leaders.

Donald Trump on Saturday announced the appointment of reality TV producer Mark Burnett to a position in the upcoming administration, resulting in barbs from observers and critics.

"It is my great honor to appoint Mark Burnett as the Special Envoy to the United Kingdom. With a distinguished career in television production and business, Mark brings a unique blend of diplomatic acumen and international recognition to this important role," Trump wrote over the weekend. "Mark is known for creating and producing some of the biggest shows in Television History, including 'Survivor,' 'Shark Tank,' 'The Voice' and, most notably, 'The Apprentice.' He is the former Chairman of MGM, and has won 13 Emmy Awards!"

There is a "break" from Donald Trump happening among Republican lawmakers, according to a congressional insider who broke down the recent votes for a bill to fund the federal government.

United States Representative Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA), who previously called out President-elect Donald Trump's "incoherent" plans for immigration on CNN, appeared on MSNBC on Saturday.

According to multiple journalists appearing on MSNBC on Saturday afternoon, there is a growing belief that Donald Trump won't be getting everything his heart desires from GOP lawmakers when he is sworn in on January 20.

Speaking with host Alex Witt, Melanie Zanona of Punchbowl News claimed that the sheer number of Republican House members who balked at the version of the budget bill the president-elect was demanding has given them a sense of what host Witt called "strength in numbers" from his attacks.

"On that one bill that had the debt limit demand, you had 38 Republicans who voted against it, so that was a little surprising even for some of us on Capitol Hill to see that level of Republicans," Zanona told the host. "Most of them were fiscal conservatives, people who have made, you know, cutting back spending really a hallmark of their congressional careers, a lot of Freedom Caucus members."

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"But there were some surprising votes in there as well," she elaborated. "There was a member of the leadership team, Rep. Blake Moore from Utah. There were some retiring members which are some interesting votes."

"I think the big picture here is that there are some moments where there's going to be some willingness to defy Trump," she predicted. " don't think there's going to be a lot of those moments, but there's going to be some clashes between the Executive Branch and the Legislative Branch."

"As far as the primary threats, I was talking to some members on Capitol Hill this week, and they said ' Well, guess what? Trump can't primary all of us.' In the end I think it was 170-something Republicans who voted for that final bill."

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President-elect Donald Trump is already following through on his campaign promise to come after the media even a month out from his inauguration, and some experts believe there is an underlying motivation behind his latest lawsuits.

As the Guardian reported, Trump has been busy during the presidential transition period by launching litigation efforts against various media outlets, with one recent success likely paving the way for future lawsuits. Syracuse University media professor Roy Gutterman – who is the director of the university's Tully Center for Free Speech — told the Guardian that the president-elect's latest legal campaign is more than just a "continuation of Trump's litigiousness."