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4:30 PM ET, April 11, 2019

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U.S. Department of Justice:
WikiLeaks Founder Charged in Computer Hacking Conspiracy  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Julian P. Assange, 47, the founder of WikiLeaks, was arrested today in the United Kingdom pursuant to the U.S./UK Extradition Treaty, in connection with a federal charge of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion …
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Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
Why Ecuador Finally Got Sick of Julian Assange and Ended His Refuge at the Embassy in London  —  The Justice Department is set to announce charges against the Wikileaks founder after he was dragged from Ecuador's embassy in London.  —  Six years, nine months and 24 days after walking …
Washington Post:
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested by British police after being evicted from Ecuador's embassy in London  —  PARIS — Ecuador handed Julian Assange over to British authorities Thursday, ending a standoff that left the controversial WikiLeaks founder holed up in the Ecuadoran Embassy in London for nearly seven years.
Mynewsdesk:
Arrest of Julian Assange  —  UPDATE: Julian Assange arrest.  —  Julian Assange, 47, (03.07.71) has today, Thursday 11 April, been further arrested on behalf of the United States authorities, at 10:53hrs after his arrival at a central London police station.  This is an extradition warrant under Section 73 of the Extradition Act.
The Guardian:
Assange arrest: Trump claims to ‘know nothing about WikiLeaks’ despite past praise - live  —  The US president says WikiLeaks is ‘not my thing’, despite frequently applauding the organization during 2016 campaign  —  Donald Trump, who frequently praised WikiLeaks during the 2016 presidential campaign …
New York Times:
Julian Assange Charged by U.S. With Conspiracy to Hack a Government Computer  —  WASHINGTON — The United States has charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with one count of conspiracy to hack a computer related to his role in the 2010 release of reams of secret American documents …
BBC:
Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder arrested in London  —  Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange has been arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.  —  Mr Assange took refuge in the embassy seven years ago to avoid extradition to Sweden over a sexual assault case that has since been dropped.
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Is Julian Assange's arrest a threat to press freedom or an appropriate response to hacking?
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump on WikiLeaks after Assange arrest: 'It's not my thing'
Discussion: Axios, USA Today and The Week
Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
Assange Indictment is Good News for Both Trump and Press Freedom
Associated Press:
The Latest: Ecuador leader says Assange ‘miserable hacker’
Discussion: Law & Crime
Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Avenatti indicted on 36 counts of tax dodging, perjury, theft from clients and other crimes  —  In a sweeping expansion of the criminal charges against Michael Avenatti, a federal grand jury has indicted the Los Angeles lawyer on 36 counts of fraud, perjury, failure to pay taxes, embezzlement and other financial crimes.
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Avenatti Allegedly Scammed Paraplegic Client Out Of $4 Million Settlement  —  Michael Avenatti was indicted Thursday on 36 charges of tax fraud, bribery and embezzlement, including in a case in which the embattled celebrity lawyer allegedly hid $4 million of settlement money from a mentally ill, paraplegic client.
Discussion: Trending Home and Law & Crime
Associated Press:
The Latest: Avenatti could face 335 years in prison
Discussion: Louder With Crowder
U.S. Department of Justice:
Attorney Michael Avenatti Named in Federal Grand Jury Indictment that Accuses Him of Stealing Millions …
Discussion: Politico and Quartz
Brian Melley / Associated Press:
Avenatti charged with embezzlement, fraud, cheating on taxes
Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
Fourth GOP senator comes out against Trump Fed pick Cain  —  A fourth Republican senator announced Thursday that he would oppose Herman Cain if President Trump nominated him to the Federal Reserve Board, all but dooming his potential appointment.  —  Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), a close Trump ally …
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Republicans confront Trump amid cascading controversies  —  As Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell asked Republicans this week to head off problematic nominees before President Donald Trump officially picked them, the Kentucky Republican singled out Ken Cuccinelli.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Daily Kos
Bloomberg:
Herman Cain Lacks GOP Support for Fed Seat If Democratic Foes Unite
Discussion: The Week, Splinter and CNBC
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Bret Easton Ellis Thinks You're Overreacting to Donald Trump  —  “When did people start identifying so relentlessly with victims, and when did the victim's world view become the lens through which we began to look at everything?”  So begins Bret Easton Ellis's take on, of all things …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Polls:
Health Care, Environment Top Dem Issues  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Democratic voters in the Hawkeye State like Joe Biden - a lot.  The former vice president leads the pack and holds the best favorability rating in a field of two dozen presidential contenders, according to the first Monmouth University Poll …
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Katie Galioto / Politico:
Pence knocks Buttigieg for criticizing him: ‘He knows better’
U.S. Department of Justice:
Washington-Based Lawyer Indicted on Charge of Making False Statements to the Department of Justice  —  WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury today returned an indictment charging Gregory B. Craig, a Washington-based lawyer, with making false statements and concealing material information …
Discussion: The Federalist, Axios and Trending Home
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Washington Post:
Gregory Craig, former Obama White House counsel, indicted for offering false statements related …
Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
Bill Barr's Low Moment  —  Attorney General Bill Barr's statements today on supposed “spying” by the FBI on the Trump campaign before the Senate Appropriations Committee were indefensible.  They at once indecipherable and contentless, on the one hand, and incendiary, on the other hand.
Discussion: New York Times and The Week
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Focus on the Leaking, Not Just the Spying
Bloomberg:
Comey Says Trump's Silence on Russia Election Hack Invites Another
Discussion: Politico
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Trump tweets incorrect approval rating from Fox Business segment  —  President Trump tweeted a screenshot of his approval rating Thursday morning from a segment on Fox Business' “Lou Dobbs Tonight” that incorrectly presented polling numbers from Georgetown's Institute of Politics & Public Service, New York Magazine reports.
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Trump Spreads Fake Poll on His ‘Soaring Approval’ Aired By Fox's Lou Dobbs
Elizabeth Warren / Team Warren:
I'm proposing a big new idea: the Real Corporate Profits Tax  —  It's almost Tax Day, and chances are you'll be paying federal taxes this year.  Maybe it's a lot, maybe it's a little.  But you'll be kicking in something for our military, for medical research, for highways and bridges  …
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Aaron Lorenzo / Politico:
Pascrell suggests contempt of Congress for Mnuchin over Trump's tax returns  —  Rep. Bill Pascrell, an outspoken advocate of getting President Donald Trump's tax returns, lashed out today at what he considers administration stonewalling.  —  Congress could hold Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Trump's Washington is... exhausted
Discussion: USA Today and The Sun
Washington Post:
Ex-Pope Benedict contradicts Pope Francis in unusual intervention on sexual abuse  —  ROME — Breaking years of silence on major church affairs, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has written a lengthy letter devoted to clerical sex abuse in which he attributes the crisis to a breakdown of church …
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Bernie Sanders vs. Kamala Harris: These Dems are plotting sweeping Super Tuesday strategies  —  Kamala Harris's top aides are privately meeting with local Democratic leaders from Alabama to Virginia.  Bernie Sanders's team is lining up interviews with potential senior staffers in California and Texas.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump rushes to rescue of besieged party-switcher  —  With the president by his side, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice made a dramatic announcement before a raucous crowd of “MAGA"-hat wearing supporters: He was bolting a Democratic Party that had “walked away” from him to join Donald Trump's GOP.
CNN:
Letters from Joe Biden reveal how he sought support of segregationists in fight against busing  —  (CNN)Joe Biden's road to a third presidential bid has been lined with a series of explanations and apologies, illustrating the challenges of preparing a long record of public service …
David Roth / The Concourse:
Power Is Never Being Asked To Leave  —  Back in the 1990s, at the moment when history was supposed to have just recently ended, popular culture was awash in moody hitmen and songs about Dealing With Success.  The hard part was over, we were right all along, and so would receive what we deserved.
HuffPost:
Democrats Are Warming To The Idea Of Reparations  —  The evolution is part of a larger shift in American attitudes toward race in the past five years.  —  Five years ago, Ta-Nehisi Coates thrust the issue of reparations back into the national spotlight.  In his 15,000-word essay in The Atlantic …
 
 
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Tom McArthur / BBC:
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