NEW: Donald Trump is ‘furious’ as he finds himself in an unfamiliar position — unable to control the Washington narrative and shake off the Epstein news cycles. We take you inside the mood at the WH 👇

Ingrassia nomination to lead Office of Special Counsel is in trouble.

NEWS: Sen TILLIS is a NO on Paul Ingrassia's nomination to the Office of the Special Counsel. "It's January 6th, it's a number of other things. So, I think he's one of these people that's checked all the boxes and they're all the wrong boxes," he told me.

JUST IN: Famed Miami defense attorney Roy Black has died at age 80. Among his clients.....yes....Jeffrey Epstein. (Also William Kennedy Smith and others....)

Maxwell's defense attorney is veteran David Markus, who... -Currently represents Hillary Clinton... -in a lawsuit brought by Donald Trump... -about Russiagate Markus is now praising Trump for "his commitment to uncovering the truth" re: Epstein

BREAKING: 4th Circuit lifts admin stay, lets Trump proceed with cancellation of temporary protected status for Afghans & Cameroonians. But appeals panel says advocates appear to have plausible case decision was preordained. Doc: #TPS

JUST IN: The bench of the federal district court in Maryland responds to Trump’s lawsuit over their automatic 2 day stay of habeas cases. It plainly violates separation of powers and is not justiciable — all for an “ordinary” administrative decision.

Judge Boasberg again denies a POLITICO bid ot unseal grand jury info -- this time the contents of FBI Director Kash Patel's grand jury transcript that Patel himself said should come out. Boasberg notes that Patel incorrectly claimed he couldn't disclose details himself (he can).

Judge McFadden has *denied* a Jan. 6 defendant's motion to expunge the records of his case. Matthew Martin was one of just two defendants acquitted of all the charges that reached a verdict.

JUST IN: A federal judge rules that the Trump administration must reinstate a policy to provide lawyers to people who are deemed mentally incompetent in deportation proceedings. It was terminated without a legally persuasive reason, Judge Ali finds.