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Anonymous ID: cca0d8 April 4, 2019, 5:53 p.m. No.6051763   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1786 >>2332

Rep. Matt Gaetz Considering Run for Senate in Alabama Against Democrat Doug Jones

 

Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, one of President Trump’s most devoted loyalists on Capitol Hill who represents the Florida Panhandle, has told GOP colleagues he is considering moving across the state line to run for the Senate in Alabama in 2020, several House lawmakers told The Hill.

Some of those discussions took place as recently as Thursday. The rumor had been bouncing around the Capitol for weeks but took a more serious turn in recent days when Gaetz began privately discussing the idea with fellow lawmakers.

“He’s talking about running for Senate in Alabama. They have a one-day residency requirement there,” said a GOP lawmaker who knows Gaetz well. “POTUS [President of the United States] would probably endorse him.”

Sources close to Gaetz, 36, said that "people in Trump's orbit" are personally encouraging the sophomore congressman to run for the Senate seat now held by freshman Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.). Those Trump allies are pointing to Alabama’s liberal requirement that people can run for the Senate so long as they are 30 years old and have been a resident for a minimum of one day.

 

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/437425-trump-loyalist-gaetz-eyes-senate-bid-in-alabama

Anonymous ID: cca0d8 April 4, 2019, 6:14 p.m. No.6052029   🗄️.is 🔗kun

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From 1/23/19

 

Assange files legal challenge to prevent extradition to US

 

Though Swedish prosecutors have since dropped their request for extradition, a U.S. court filing revealed in November suggests that U.S. prosecutors having already pressed sealed charges against Assange.

 

Furthermore, reports have emerged that Assange’s Ecuadorian hosts have become increasingly displeased with their tenant. Should he be kicked out of the embassy, Assange could face contempt of court charges in the United Kingdom for fleeing justice, after which U.S. prosecutors could renew extradition proceedings.

 

Assange reportedly rejected a deal in December brokered between Ecuador and the United Kingdom that would allow him to leave the Ecuadorian Embassy without the risk of being extradited for charges abroad.

 

Though it is unclear what exact charges Assange could face in the U.S., officials have sought to prosecute him since WikiLeaks distributed classified U.S. cables obtained from former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning in 2010.

 

https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/426576-assange-files-legal-challenge-to-prevent-extradition-to-us-report