The accountant who recently took control of operations at Michael Avenatti’s longtime law firm says bank records support prosecutors’ allegation that the celebrity attorney embezzled money from a client.

The sworn statement by Brian Weiss, the receiver overseeing Eagan Avenatti since February, came in a separate civil case as Avenatti made his first court appearance Monday in his wire and bank fraud prosecution in Santa Ana federal court.

https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-me-pol-avenatti-california-fraud-court-20190401-story.html

Hezbollah has built a new missile factory in Beirut with the help of Iran, a Channel 13 report revealed on Monday night.

Israeli intelligence reportedly shared the new information with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who warned Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri of the secret facility on his state visit to Lebanon in March and expressed his concern about the threat the terrorist organization poses to the country.

The missile factory could include the capability of manufacturing precision-guided missiles, according to an anonymous American source quoted by the report.

https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Hezbollah-established-new-missile-factory-in-Beirut-report-585459