President Donald Trump's super powers as a public figure have long included the ability to redirect, evade and deny. But the Republican's well-worn methods of changing the subject when a tough topic stings politically are not working as his White House fends off persistent unrest from his usually loyal base about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associates.

Trump continued his attempts to distract from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal by threatening to prosecute Oprah Winfrey for her involvement in the Harris campaign.