As the impeachment probe intensifies and Syria devolves into chaos following the withdrawal of U.S. troops, President Trump is encouraging his supporters to vote to keep “good guy” former press secretary Sean Spicer on Dancing with the Stars.

Robert De Niro, star of The Irishman, in which he plays a mafia killer, renewed his criticism of Donald Trump, telling The Guardian he is a “gangster president.”

Said De Niro: “We have a real, immediate problem in that we have a gangster president who thinks he can do anything he wants … the problem is, if he actually gets away with it, then we all have a problem.”

He added: “Oh, I can’t wait to see him in jail. I don’t want him to die, I want him to go to jail.”

Porn star Stormy Daniels accepted a $450,000 settlement for her lawsuit against the city of Columbus, Ohio, over her arrest last year at a strip club, NBC News reports.

Daniels accused police of staging the arrest in a bid to protect President Trump.

Sean Spicer launched a “campaign ad” for “Dancing with the Stars” votes.

Sean Spicer is “counting on the president’s support to continue appearing” on Dancing with the Stars, the New York Times reports.

“Trump, according to someone familiar with the plans, is expected to weigh in on Twitter again with his support ahead of ABC’s vote next week….Spicer’s pay, reportedly $125,000, increases each week he is able to hang on.”

Former White House press secretary and current “Dancing with the Stars” contestant Sean Spicer on Tuesday implored viewers to vote for him to “send a message to Hollywood that those of us who stand for Christ won’t be discounted,” The Hill reports.

Daily Beast: “Despite its best efforts, America could not shame Sean Spicer out of joining Dancing With the Stars. So there was the former White House press secretary on the ABC reality show’s 28th season premiere on Monday night, wearing a frilly yellow shirt that evoked Big Bird and a pair of tight-fitting white pants.”

“It didn’t get any better after that.”

“Todd Palin appears to have filed for divorce from former Alaska governor and one-time vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, his wife of 31 years,” the Anchorage Daily News reports.

President Trump amplified accusations of McCarthyism leveled at actress Debra Messing after the “Will & Grace” star made a public plea for a list of Trump donors in Hollywood, Politico reports.

Said Trump: “Bad ‘actress’ Debra The Mess Messing is in hot water,” claiming that Messing wanted to create a “Blacklist” of Trump supporters.

“Last week, Messing stoked controversy when she reposted a news article about an upcoming Trump fundraiser in Beverly Hills, asking for a list of attendees. Her Will & Grace co-star Eric McCormack echoed the call, saying he wanted to be aware of who he no longer wants to work with.”

Still-secret court filings related to sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged procurer Ghislaine Maxwell could implicate “hundreds of other people,” CNBC reports.

New York Times: “Jeffrey Epstein, inmate 76318-054, hated his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center. It was cramped, dank and infested with vermin, so Mr. Epstein, long accustomed to using his wealth to play by his own rules, devised a way out. He paid numerous lawyers to visit the jail for as many as 12 hours a day, giving him the right to see them in a private meeting room. Mr. Epstein was there for so long that he often appeared bored, sitting in silence with his lawyers, according to people who saw the meetings. While they were there, he and his entourage regularly emptied the two vending machines of drinks and snacks.”

“Outside the meeting room, Mr. Epstein mounted a strategy to avoid being preyed upon by other inmates: He deposited money in their commissary accounts.”

“But in his final days, Mr. Epstein’s efforts to lessen the misery of incarceration seemed to be faltering. He was seldom bathing, his hair and beard were unkempt and he was sleeping on the floor of his cell instead of on his bunk bed, according to people at the jail.”

“The official results of an autopsy showed that the financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in his Manhattan jail cell, the city’s medical examiner’s office said on Friday, determining that the cause of death was suicide by hanging,” the New York Times reports.

“An autopsy found that financier Jeffrey Epstein sustained multiple breaks in his neck bones, according to two people familiar with the findings, deepening the mystery about the circumstances around his death,” the Washington Post reports.

“Among the bones broken in Epstein’s neck was the hyoid bone, which in men is near the Adam’s apple. Such breaks can occur in those who hang themselves, particularly if they are older… But they are more common in victims of homicide by strangulation.”

“The details add to the bizarre circumstances surrounding Epstein’s death, which have launched a wave of questions and conspiracy theories about how he could have died in federal custody. Even President Trump has egged on speculation, without evidence, that Epstein — whose alleged victims say they were pushed to have sex with his powerful and celebrity friends — might have been killed to keep him from spilling the secrets of others.”

The New York City Fire Department is investigating whether a first responder posted about Jeffrey Epstein’s death on a notorious internet message board prior to officials announcing it to the public, BuzzFeed News reports.