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Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham filed a temporary restraining order against Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, her attorney announced Monday.

Grisham’s restraining order comes as Miller, 37, faces mounting calls to resign in light of allegations made by his ex-wife Emily Moreno — daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio — that the congressman physically abused her and their 2-year-old daughter. Miller has denied the allegations, which were made in court filings as part of the former couple’s ongoing custody dispute.

It was unclear in the immediate aftermath of that announcement why the restraining order is being filed at this time.

Grisham and Miller, who dated in 2019 and 2020, have been involved in a separate legal battle, after Grisham published a 2021 op-ed in the Washington Post describing an abusive relationship with her boyfriend who was, at the time, a White House staffer. While Grisham did not disclose the name of her boyfriend, Miller sued her for defamation hours after the op-ed was published and denied any allegations of abuse.

At the time, Miller was running for a House seat in Ohio’s 16th Congressional District.

Miller later dropped his defamation lawsuit against Grisham and both parties signed a nondisclosure agreement that noted they could not speak about each other in disparaging ways, according to court documents obtained by the Ohio Capital Journal.

“The settlement included certain promises that Congressman Miller made to our client Stephanie Grisham, and those promises were broken,” Marc Dann, Grisham’s lawyer, told the Journal.

“The settlement included certain promises that Congressman Miller made to our client Stephanie Grisham, and those promises were broken.”

Marc Dann, Grisham’s lawyer

Miller currently represents Ohio’s 7th Congressional District.

President Donald Trump weighed in on the situation on Monday.

“I always thought he was a very good person, and I’m going to let the families figure that out,” Trump told reporters.

Sen. Bernie Moreno did not speak directly about his daughter’s domestic violence allegations against Miller until Sunday, when Miller aired a livestream denying the accusations and asserting he was not ending his bid for reelection.

Sen. Moreno responded by saying Miller “should not serve in the House of Representatives” and should “seek professional help to end the clear pattern of abuse he has left in his wake.”

Asked by reporters on Monday why he had stayed quiet for so long, Sen. Moreno replied: “You know, I hope you never have to go through a situation like this and you wouldn’t ask that kind of f—–g question.”

Mychael Schnell contributed to this report.

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Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., have announced that they will support acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, all but assuring victory for President Donald Trump in his bid to install his former personal attorney in the role permanently.

The Monday morning announcement from the senators came just hours after Blanche issued a document that appeared to terminate the Trump administration’s nearly $1.8 billion so-called anti-weaponization fund. The document also clarifies the scope of an agreement the Justice Department brokered between Trump and the IRS not to audit the president, his family or his businesses. The DOJ said the agreement only applies retroactively and to the president, his two eldest sons and the Trump Organization, as opposed to including “related or affiliated individuals” as the order originally stipulated. Those issues had been key sticking points for the senators.

But the legal enforceability of these commitments is ambiguous. It’s not clear whether the document can officially change the terms of the IRS deal because it is not a formal order signed by Blanche. And while Blanche did issue a signed order formally rescinding the fund, the settlement agreement that ordered the creation of the fund remains in effect, and all parties to the original lawsuit, including the president and the IRS, would need to sign off to void it. As long as the settlement agreement remains valid, the government could theoretically revive the fund.

In a statement released Monday morning, the lawmakers said they were “pleased” with the agreement, adding, “We want to express our gratitude to Mr. Blanche and his staff for working with us on this, and we look forward to voting to advance his nomination out of the Senate Judiciary Committee soon.”

The news virtually guarantees Blanche’s confirmation to lead the DOJ on a permanent basis. The two senators were the key Republican holdouts on the Senate Judiciary Committee to advancing the nominee’s confirmation. Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, was forced to postpone a vote for Blanche’s nomination that was scheduled for last Thursday. That day, Blanche and Cornyn had a closed-door meeting to discuss what it would take for the Texas Republican to support the acting attorney general’s confirmation.

Later Monday, Tillis defended the agreement he and Cornyn made with the Justice Department, responding to questions from MS NOW about the potential holes in the deal.

“Another fund could be created because of the law. And I agree, we should change the law. But those same critics need to realize that these sorts of tools are available to anyone in the…White House based on current law. We should address the current law,” Tillis said.

Tillis said he believes the Trump administration will abide by the terms of the agreement.

And if Trump reneges, Tillis added that “he’d have to explain how breaking what I think is a very clear commitment squares with being honest and being the president of the United States.”

If Trump reneges, Tillis added that “he’d have to explain how breaking what I think is a very clear commitment squares with being honest and being the president of the United States.”

Trump has continued to vigorously defend the “anti-weaponization” fund — both in the court of law and the court of public opinion.

In the Oval Office on Monday afternoon, the president told MS NOW’s Jake Traylor, “These people were treated horribly, and this fund could have given them some solace,” referring to Ashli Babbitt, the Jan. 6 rioter who was fatally shot by a police officer during the attack on the Capitol, and other insurrectionists.

Asked by Traylor if he signed off on Blanche’s rescinding of the fund, Trump said he “didn’t look at it” and that he was not aware of other avenues through which people could be paid.

“All I know is that Todd Blanche is great. He’s going to do a great job …,” Trump said, adding, “And I understand there’s been a sign-off, but I don’t know what they agreed. I think Todd Blanche agreed to reconfirm things that he’s already said, and what he said was okay.”

The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote on Blanche’s nomination Tuesday at 9 a.m. ET, Grassley said in a post on X on Monday morning, adding that Blanche is the “right pick” for attorney general. Grassley also thanked Trump, Blanche, Cornyn and Tillis for working with him through the weekend “to get the votes to advance this well-qualified nominee.”

The timing of a final vote on the Senate floor is less clear as senators aim to leave town for their August recess later this week.

Jack Fitzpatrick and Mychael Schnell contributed reporting.

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Ariana Grande plans to step away from the public eye following scrutiny, the singer’s representative said, as discussion swirls around her health. Her break from the spotlight has sparked fresh debate over body commentary. NBC News’ Chloe Melas reports.

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