As the number of scandals surrounding the White House grows, so does, it seems, the president’s free time—and his ability to change the narrative.

It would take an exceptionally bad string of events to crown any one week the most tumultuous of Donald Trump’s presidency, but the last few days have been strong contenders. The Department of Justice implicated Trump in a scheme to pay two of his alleged former mistresses for their silence during the campaign, something he previously claimed to know nothing about. His longtime “fixer,” Michael Cohen, was sentenced to prison for campaign-finance violations, and revealed that he was readily cooperating with the special counsel for the Russia investigation. Trump boasted on live TV that he had the votes in the House to pass a $5 billion package to fund his border wall, only to learn, by week’s end, that not enough members had stuck around town to even try. Finally, the public learned that prosecutors are investigating whether Trump’s inaugural committee accepted donations from foreign nations.