President Donald Trump's administration is handing federal agents a "scary" new weapon to use against Americans, CNN's Juliette Kayyem warned Wednesday.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and officers could soon be outfitted with gloves capable of delivering electric shocks, which the manufacturer claims would be used to de-escalate encounters, but Kayyem told "CNN News Central" these weapons could pose a real threat.

"ICE is not known for de-escalation," she said. "The rules of engagement for ICE are not understood, and with this mandate from the White House of 2,000 arrests a day, you now have sort of issued ICE to sort of go around, touch people and zap them and say that they're not compliant."

"I'm going to be direct here," Kayyem added. "We know ICE lies, they've been shown to lie. They have, and so this could be a real danger for the American public."

ICE intends to spend up to $20 million to purchase the Generated Low Output Voltage Emitters, according to a notice published Monday by the Department of Homeland Security.

The devices would be delivered by the end of March 2027.

The gloves carry a low-output voltage emitter with a simple on-off switch, Kayyem said, meaning a person touched by an agent may feel nothing until it's activated, at which point the wearer can deliver a jolt described as an intense bee sting for up to 15 seconds.

Based on public records, the devices have mostly been deployed in confined settings like jails, where detainees have little freedom of movement — a context, she said, where their use "may make sense."

Handing the same tool to ICE agents operating among the general public is a different matter entirely, Kayyem argued.

Kayyem argued a quota imposed by White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller and the president shows that ICE has strayed from its core mission.

"These guys and women who have been on boarded with less training, support, less rule, fewer rules of engagement," she said. "So giving them a new tool is dangerous with this mandate."

The White House's promise to target "the worst of the worst" is "so clearly not true anymore," she said.

Kayyem concluded, "It's the combination of the mandate with the resources that has become the sort of scary aspect of ICE for most of the American public."

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President Donald Trump's lawyers told a federal appeals court Tuesday the president faces "tortious injury" without a stay of a sanctions order voiding his IRS audit deal.

The motion, filed Tuesday in the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, asks the court to pause U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams's July 13 sanctions order while Trump appeals.

If the deal is restored, it could shield the president from a potential $100 million tax bill — and wipe out sanctions that have already put two of his lawyers' careers in jeopardy.

The filing repeatedly attacked Williams, a judge appointed by former President Barack Obama. The motion argues the judge's gag order is so sweeping it covers the appeal itself — barring the parties from even referencing the settlement they are fighting to revive.

"It is so sweeping that, theoretically, Movants risk violating it merely by appealing it, which underscores how violently the Sanctions Order violates the Constitution," the motion states. "When a court sanctions parties for advancing a legal position and then forbids the speech necessary to challenge that sanction, your very legal system is in danger."

Even as the $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund was scrapped, the audit immunity survived, Time reported.

That immunity could shield Trump from a $100 million bill tied to a long-running IRS audit of his Chicago skyscraper, Time reported.

Trump's lawyers also challenged Williams's ruling on statutory grounds, arguing the underlying law gives the president no special exemption from suing his own government.

"On its reasoning, a President tortiously injured inside a federal building would be the one person in America without a remedy," the motion states.

The motion also faults Williams for imposing sanctions without notice, evidence, or individualized findings against any specific lawyer, according to the filing.

Williams issued her 56-page ruling on July 13, two days before Attorney General Todd Blanche's Senate confirmation hearing, CNN reported.

"The proceedings here delivered the opposite: undisclosed theories, baseless accusations of bad faith, and career-altering sanctions — rushed out just two days before then-Acting Attorney General Blanche's confirmation hearing, in an opinion littered with obvious legal, factual, and technical errors," the motion states.

Trump's lawyers called the timing "suspicious" in a footnote — citing a National Review piece rather than making the accusation outright.

Trump filed his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS in January 2026, suing an agency he controls over the leak of his tax returns between 2019 and 2020, according to the filing.

By May, the two sides had settled — Trump dropping the lawsuit in exchange for audit immunity and the anti-weaponization fund, Forbes reported.

Williams voided the deal, finding the case was "brought to manipulate the judicial process," CNN reported.

The IRS and Justice Department declined to oppose the stay, though 35 former federal judges who intervened to challenge the settlement are expected to fight it, the motion states.

Attorney Alejandro Brito has been referred to the Florida Bar; attorney Daniel Epstein is barred from appearing in the Southern District of Florida for one year — a ban that may expire before the appeal is resolved, the motion warns.

Williams denied Trump's request for an expedited stay on August 5, saying plaintiffs had "not shown good cause," leaving all sanctions in force as the 11th Circuit takes up the case, Law & Crime reported.

Sen. Lindsey Graham's (R-SC) sister faces a significant new obstacle in her race to replace her late brother after a political foe of President Donald Trump's vowed to block her, according to a new report.

Darline Graham Nordone, a political novice, received just over 32 percent of the vote and will face Rep. Ralph Norman in a two-week runoff, Politico reported late Thursday night.

Though she secured Trump's endorsement, Nordone's margin of victory remains, Politico reported.

"How much Trump decides to boost his preferred candidate could play a decisive role in helping push Graham to a runoff victory," the outlet stated. "Despite his pro-forma Truth Social posts and telerally on election eve, Trump has not publicly signaled whether he will appear on the campaign trail with Graham during the two-week runoff."

The timing couldn't be worse for Nordone considering she now faces a significant new obstacle: popular former Gov. Nikki Haley.

Haley, Trump's competitor in the 2024 Republican presidential primaries, told Politico she plans to back Norman all the way.

Haley is "prepared to do whatever it takes" to help Norman win, according to a person close to the former Trump appointee.

In a statement to Politico Playbook late Tuesday, Haley explained, "South Carolina deserves a proven conservative fighter whose character has been tested and whose word means something.”

The report adds that Haley's Stand For America PAC contributed $10,000 to Norman and has sent out frequent fundraising emails on his behalf, setting off a proxy battle between herself and the president over the future of the Republican party.