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News of what appears to be the most significant public leak of U.S. intelligence in a decade broke over the holiday weekend, and only now is the full scale of the harm coming into view as the Biden administration scrambles to respond. | Alex Brandon/AP Photo

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DRIVING THE DAY

SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE — “Donald Trump makes post-arrest plea to Melania: ‘I really need you,’” Page Six … “Trump’s Political Appearances Are ‘Uncomfortable’ for Melania: ‘She Simply Wants to Be Left Alone,’” People

DEMS DEBATE DONALD — With DONALD TRUMP’s New York indictment — and his return to center stage in American politics — Democrats are wrestling anew with a familiar question: How much should they focus their attention on Trump, the ultimate bright shiny object, versus the Republican Party writ large?

Recall President JOE BIDEN’s evolution on the matter: The cornerstone of his 2020 pitch to swing voters was portraying Trump as an outlier, an anomaly inside a fundamentally decent Republican Party. But Biden and Democrats have since found success telling voters it’s not their father’s GOP anymore and elevating the party’s most extreme members.

A memo obtained by Playbook from an influential Democratic group, Facts First USA, argues that the Manhattan DA’s charges against Trump — and potential future actions from other state and federal investigators — offer “a perfect opportunity to further tie House Republicans to the MAGA extremists of their party.”

“The Trump indictment(s) ultimately stand as an indictment of House Republicans and their efforts to shield Trump and other lawbreakers, including those within their own conference,” writes DAVID BROCK, the group’s president.

Brock’s messaging guidance urges Democrats to paint congressional Republicans as too quick to defend and protect Trump in the wake of the indictment — “siding with criminals” as they neglect other, more pressing matters: “The MAGA extremists who command Speaker McCarthy’s every move have visited insurrectionists, attacked law enforcement, and maneuver to aid lawbreakers.” Read the full memo

The memo comes amid broader Democratic agita about Trump’s effect on the political environment: While they undoubtedly benefit from his reemergence as a foil, they also worry about their own message getting consumed in the maelstrom he creates.

“Democrats like to worry about everything constantly, and people are like, ‘Should we talk about Trump? Should we not talk about Trump?” one veteran strategist told us last night. “It's not an either/or situation.”

INTO THE BREACH — News of what appears to be the most significant public leak of U.S. intelligence in a decade broke over the holiday weekend, and only now is the full scale of the harm coming into view as the Biden administration scrambles to respond to mounting questions over the breach and its fallout.

What we know: 

  • More than 100 documents have surfaced on social media networks, some of it classified for officials with the highest security clearance.
  • Most of the documents appear to be slides from the Pentagon’s Joint Staff pertaining to the war in Ukraine. Some first appeared on the Discord messaging platform last month before migrating to Telegram and Twitter last week.
  • The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation, while the Pentagon is assessing how the breach has harmed national security. Officials do not know if the leak has been contained.

Lara Seligman has a must-read on how Pentagon officials are reeling at “both the sensitivity and sheer amount of information exposed,” particularly the release of battle planning documents. “I’m sick to my stomach,” said one official, while another called it “a massive betrayal.”

“Experts said the disclosure could be even more damaging than the leak by EDWARD SNOWDEN 10 years ago, particularly because the information is so recent,” Lara writes.

Notably, administration officials are warning media organizations to not publicize the content of the leaked documents. “It has no business, if you don’t mind me saying, on the pages of — front pages of newspapers or on television,” NSC spokesperson JOHN KIRBY told reporters from the White House podium yesterday.

Reporters, however, have uncovered startling and newsworthy insights in the secret trove, including separate WaPo reports on U.S. doubts that Ukraine’s planned spring counteroffensive will achieve more than “modest” success and on Egypt’s plans to secretly ship Russia some 40,000 rockets, as well as an AP report on the deepening intel ties between the UAE and Russia.

— We asked Alex Ward of National Security Daily to walk us through the administration’s handling of the breach: “They're clearly flustered — they don't know how to respond to this,” he told us last night. “The administration is unable at this point to communicate what happened, who leaked it, the extent of this, and if it's going to get worse.”

So far there has not been much partisan sniping over the leak, but it has clear political contours: Since the chaotic Afghanistan pullout, the Biden administration has taken pride in its foreign policy and national security achievements — particularly its handling of the Ukraine invasion. But the leak and a widely panned after-action report on the Afghan withdrawal have taken some of the shine off that record in the past week.

And, Alex told us, there are still several key questions still to be answered: (1) Will they find the leaker, and how soon? (2) Will any allied leaders chastise the U.S. over the breach? (3) Will Ukraine’s anticipated counteroffensive be delayed? And (4) is anyone going to get fired over this?

Related reads: “Washington Does Damage Control on Ukraine War Leaks,” by Foreign Policy’s Jack Detsh and Robbie Gramer … “South Korea to Probe Circumstances Around Reported Leak of Classified U.S. Documents,“ by WSJ’s Jiyoung Sohn … “South Korea says leaked U.S. documents were ‘altered’ and are ‘untrue,’” by WaPo’s Min Joo Kim

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BIDEN’S TUESDAY (all times Eastern):

8:30 a.m.: The president will receive the President’s Daily Brief.

9:30 a.m.: Biden will leave the White House to travel to Belfast, Northern Ireland, arriving at 4:20 p.m.

Press secretary KARINE JEAN-PIERRE will gaggle on Air Force One on the way to the U.K.

HARRIS’ TUESDAY — The VP will have a bilateral meeting with Polish PM MATEUSZ MORAWIECKI at 2:30 p.m.

THE HOUSE and THE SENATE are out.

 

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PHOTO OF THE DAY

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 10: U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden attend the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 10, 2023 in Washington, DC. The tradition dates back to 1878 when President Rutherford B. Hayes invited children to the White House for Easter and egg rolling on the lawn. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden attend the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 10, 2023 in Washington, DC. | Alex Wong/Getty Images

PLAYBOOK READS

THE PANDEMIC

ENTERING A NEW PHASE — This is the last day you’ll see a separate Playbook section on the pandemic, as we fold news from the long tail of Covid-19 into other parts of the newsletter. The U.S. officially made a significant transition yesterday as Biden signed into law an end to the pandemic national emergency, more than three years after it was first imposed. The separate public health emergency, and the Title 42 border policy, is set to expire next month. More from Kelly Garrity

At the same time, the Biden administration is launching a $5 billion Project Next Gen to speed up the development of new vaccines and treatments for this coronavirus and others, WaPo’s Dan Diamond scooped. It draws on repurposed funding for covid testing and is meant to build on the Trump-era Operation Warp Speed, developing monoclonal antibodies, mucosal immunity vaccines and pan-coronavirus vaccines.

2024 WATCH

MAKING A LIST, CHECKING IT TWICE — The Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition announced the list of speakers for its spring kick-off event, an interesting group of 2024 contenders and others whose inclusion may raise an eyebrow. Meridith McGraw reports that the lineup includes former VP MIKE PENCE, Senator TIM SCOTT (R-S.C.), former Arkansas Gov. ASA HUTCHINSON, VIVEK RAMASWAMY, PERRY JOHNSON, LARRY ELDER and former Reps. WILL HURD (R-Texas) and TULSI GABBARD (D-Hawaii).

CHANGING DIRECTION — “Trump Campaign Shifts Strategy To Capitalize On Indictment Rocket Fuel,” by The Daily Caller’s Diana Glebova

RULES ARE FOR SUCKERS — “Trump Ignores Deadline for Personal Financial Disclosure to F.E.C.,” by NYT’s Shane Goldmacher: “Trump has a minor addition to his mounting pile of legal challenges after he failed to meet the deadline to disclose his personal financial holdings. But the threatened initial penalty — a meager $200 — is the latest sign of how weak federal enforcement of campaign laws has become.”

NO-DRAMA NIKKI? — “Nikki Haley campaign memo rips Trump ‘drama,’” by Axios’ Alexi McCammond

MORE POLITICS

KNOWING ELBRIDGE COLBY — In POLITICO Magazine this morning, Jacob Heilbrunn profiles the darling and leader of a new strain of foreign policy thinking on the intellectual right, a populist rebuke to Reagan-era conservatism that calls for pulling back in places like Ukraine and focusing much more on China. Despite his establishment pedigree — a grandson of a CIA director, a Harvard friend of ROSS DOUTHAT — “Colby’s career has represented a long march against the neocons who he believes continue to dominate debate in Washington.”

PRIMARY COLORS — “Second Republican files paperwork to take on Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio,” by NBC’s Henry Gomez in Cleveland: “BERNIE MORENO, a self-funding businessman who abandoned a 2022 bid for Senate in Ohio after huddling with former President Donald Trump, will try again in 2024.”

FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — The African American Mayors Association, led by Little Rock, Ark., Mayor FRANK SCOTT JR., is sending a letter that urges AG MERRICK GARLAND and ATF Director STEVEN DETTELBACH to take action on implementing the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. The letter, which follows a string of mass shootings, notes that Black people disproportionately die from gun violence and asks Garland and Dettelbach to close the background check loophole. Read it here

BATTLE FOR THE SENATE — “The Democrat Who’s Betting Her Senate Bid on Gun Control,” by The New Republic’s Daniel Strauss: “ELISSA SLOTKIN made her bones in foreign policy. Now, the Michigan congresswoman is making gun legislation a centerpiece of her campaign for the upper chamber of Congress.”

SO MUCH FOR THAT CONSPIRACY THEORY — “Paper changes caused Maricopa County printer failure: report,” by AP’s Jonathan Cooper in Phoenix

DEMOCRACY WATCH — “Election officials have ideas for stopping a 2024 crisis before it even starts,” by Zach Montellaro: “[T]he Bipartisan Policy Center is out with a new report with 23 recommendations for election administration to turn down the temperature.” The report

THE WHITE HOUSE

YOU CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN — As Biden journeys today to Northern Ireland and then Ireland, he’ll face a variety of obstacles, from sectarian tensions on the island to political storm clouds gathering back in the U.S., Adam Cancryn previews this morning from Belfast. “When he lands Tuesday night in Belfast, he’ll arrive in a region that hasn’t had a working legislature for the past year, and whose leaders are deadlocked over Northern Island’s post-Brexit future,” Adam warns.

Related read: “Biden and Irish poets: ‘Hope and history,’ a lifelong love,“ by AP’s Hillel Italie

CONGRESS

STOCK AND TRADE — “Lawmakers Trade Bank Stocks While Working on U.S. Bank-Failure Fallout,” by WSJ’s Rebecca Ballhaus: Reps. NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS (R-N.Y.) and Rep. EARL BLUMENAUER (D-Ore.) are the latest lawmakers to face questions about their ownership of individual stocks.

WHAT’S TAKING SO LONG? — “The GOP’s Feigned Struggle to Repeal Biden’s Signature Achievement,” by The Daily Beast’s Sam Brodey: “Republicans said they would repeal Biden’s signature achievement, the Inflation Reduction Act. Now that they have the power to do so, they don’t seem so eager to vote.”

JIM JORDAN GETS ROLLING — “Jordan issues subpoena to FBI director for documents over withdrawn memo on Catholic churches,” by CNN’s Annie Grayer and Alayna Treene

HAPPY PASSOVER — “Rep. GEORGE SANTOS, under congressional and federal investigation for lying about his background, told two Hasidic writers who visited his Washington, D.C., office last month that recent genetic testing shows he has a significant percentage of Jewish ancestry,” the Forward’s Jacob Kornbluh reports.

FUN ONE — “The most-followed U.S. congressman on TikTok is doing a delicate dance,” by WaPo’s Jesús Rodríguez: “[Rep. JEFF] JACKSON [D-N.C.] has been trying to figure out the social media game for a minute. … Now, in the age of TikTok, he’s racking up millions of views and likes on his videos explaining the week’s important subjects, such as the hubbub over Chinese spy balloons and the drama over whether Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) would be able to corral enough votes to become House speaker.”

 

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TRUMP CARDS

ALVIN BRAGG VS. HOUSE GOP — The Manhattan DA’s office responded sharply yesterday to House Republicans’ plans to hold a field hearing in NYC to undermine his criminal indictment of Trump by highlighting violent crime. Bragg’s office called it “a political stunt” that wouldn’t help make people safer.

THE OTHER INVESTIGATIONS — “Trump expected to sit for deposition this week in civil lawsuit brought by New York attorney general,” by CNN’s Kara Scannell and Kristen Holmes

CROSSING PATHS AGAIN — “How Two Manhattan DA Classmates Hold Trump’s Fate in Their Hands,” by The Daily Beast’s Jose Pagliery: “Justice JUAN MERCHAN and Special Counsel JACK SMITH were in the same class of rookie Manhattan prosecutors in 1994.”

JUDICIARY SQUARE

CLARENCE THOMAS FALLOUT — “Senate panel will hold a hearing on the Supreme Court’s ethical standards,” NPR: Senate Judiciary Chair DICK DURBIN (D-Ill.) told Chief Justice JOHN ROBERTS in a letter, “if the Court does not resolve this issue on its own, the Committee will consider legislation to resolve it.”

POLICY CORNER

ABORTION PILL FALLOUT — The Justice Department asked an appeals court yesterday for an emergency stay of the ruling overturning the FDA’s approval of a key abortion drug. Objecting to the plaintiffs’ standing and the federal judge’s reasoning, the administration asked for his decision to be put on ice as its appeal proceeds. Now everybody’s waiting for the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to rule, likely sometime this week. Details from ABC

DOJ also asked the federal judge in Washington state who issued a competing ruling to “clarify” what the federal government should do, as the Biden administration finds itself in a “legal pickle,” Josh Gerstein reports.

But the White House is sticking with those traditional legal means of contesting the ruling, rather than flouting it, as some Democrats (and even Republicans) have suggested. Jean-Pierre told reporters yesterday that ignoring the ruling would set a precedent as “dangerous” as the ruling itself, and that the White House was gearing up for “a long fight” in the courts.

Liberal states aren’t waiting around to see if abortion pills will remain accessible. California, Massachusetts and other Democratic-led states are rushing to secure purchases of up to millions of pills, Rachel Bluth reports from Sacramento.

AMERICA AND THE WORLD

WHO’S AT DEFAULT — A new tension is growing between the U.S. and China over Beijing’s refusal to forgive its debts from low-income countries who can’t afford to repay Chinese loans, Adam Behsudi reports this morning. As a wave of possible defaults looms, Western countries will urge China toward forgiveness at major IMF and World Bank meetings this week, coming to a head tomorrow.

WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE — “GOP lawmakers condemn French President Macron’s ‘betrayal’ of Taiwan,” by Phelim Kine, Nahal Toosi and Nancy Vu: “The French embassy blamed the furor over Macron’s remarks on ‘overinterpretations’ and said that France’s position on Taiwan is unchanged.” The original POLITICO interview

EVAN GERSHKOVICH LATEST — “U.S. Deems WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich ‘Wrongfully Detained’ by Russia,” by WSJ’s Vivian Salama and William Mauldin: “Officials said the speed at which the designation was reached was unprecedented.”

THE ECONOMY

HAPPENING TODAY — “Yellen to meet with global regulators on banking turmoil,” by Zachary Warmbrodt: “Yellen plans to tell financial regulators gathered in Washington this week that the U.S. banking system is on solid ground despite a string of failures that rattled global markets.”

THE OTHER BIG FEAR — “Bank Turmoil Squeezes Borrowers, Raising Fears of a Slowdown,” by NYT’s Jeanna Smialek: “The question now is whether banks and other lenders will pull back so much that the U.S. economy crashes into a severe recession.”

BEYOND THE BELTWAY

HE’LL BE BACK — Just four days after being expelled from the Tennessee state House in an act of political retaliation that riveted the world, Democratic state Rep. JUSTIN JONES returned and was reinstated yesterday, the Nashville Tennessean’s Cassandra Stephenson, Vivian Jones and Angele Latham report. The Nashville Metropolitan Council voted unanimously to send Jones back to fill his own vacancy pending a special election in which he’s expected to run. In the end, Jones didn’t miss a single vote, and he became a national cause celebre whose reinstatement attracted big crowds.
The other ousted state rep, JUSTIN PEARSON, will be up for a vote in Memphis tomorrow.


LATEST FROM LOUISVILLE — The Louisville Courier Journal’s Krista Johnson and Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez report the latest from the mass shooting at a bank: “A fifth person shot Monday morning in downtown Louisville has died, police have confirmed. DEANA ECKERT, 57, died Monday night … Officials also identified four other people killed in the shooting, who were all employees at the bank. They are: JOSH BARRICK, TOMMY ELLIOTT, JIM TUTT [and] JULIANA FARMER.”

Elliott was a close friend not just of Kentucky Gov. ANDY BESHEAR but of Sen. RICK SCOTT (R-Fla.). “He was my banker for many years,” Scott tweeted. “This news is very shocking and sad for Ann and me.”

LEFT TURN IN N.Y. — “Gov. Kathy Hochul taps liberal Judge Rowan Wilson to lead NY’s highest court after centrist pick fail,” by the N.Y. Post’s Zach Williams

THIRD IN A MONTH NATIONWIDE — “Another Louisiana House Democrat has switched parties to Republican,” by The Advocate’s Sam Karlin

MEDIAWATCH

OH MY GODWIN — “ABC News president Kim Godwin out for blood with recent layoffs,” by Page Six’s Carlos Greer … “Inside the ABC News ‘Reign of Error,’” by The Daily Beast’s Lachlan Cartwright

 

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PLAYBOOKERS

Steve Deace was hospitalized with an infection.

Barack Obama seemingly does actually read all those books.

Gritty busted a move at the White House Easter egg roll.

Stephen A. Smith won’t vote for Donald Trump.

Jen Psaki calls herself a journalist now.

Ruben Gallego, Seth Moulton, Tina Smith and Ritchie Torres opened up about their mental health struggles.

OUT AND ABOUT — SPOTTED at the first “Hoppy Hour” hosted by YouTube in the lobby of the Hotel Washington yesterday for guests going and coming from the Easter Egg Roll: Miss Rachel and Aron Accurso, Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) and Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.), Ritu Khanna, Alexandra Veitch, Josh Blumenfeld, Symone Sanders, Brianna Keilar, Bakari Sellers, Ed O’Keefe, Weijia Jiang, Liz Hart, Mark and Sally Ein, Meredith McPhillips, Ashley Etienne and Joe Maloney.

FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — Former Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) is joining the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics as a spring 2023 visiting fellow to finish out the semester.

The nonpartisan media company Intelligence Squared U.S. is rebranding as Open to Debate. The brand, which broadcasts debates on the radio, podcasts and elsewhere, is changing its name as part of a more targeted mission to ameliorate the country’s polarization and improve public discourse.

JC Hendrickson is now congressional affairs director at the Justice Action Network. He previously was senior director of refugee and asylum policy and advocacy at the International Rescue Committee.

Garrett Arwa is now VP and head of political for Washington, D.C., at Bryson Gillette. He previously was interim executive director of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. Micki Duncan is also joining as a director in Boston after working on Maura Healey’s Massachusetts gubernatorial campaign.

MEDIA MOVES — CNN alum Brian Stelter “is joining Vanity Fair as a special correspondent to cover the Fox News trial,” CNN’s Oliver Darcy scooped. … Jeff Ballou is joining ABC News as a producer after 17 years at Al Jazeera English. …

… Rebecca Morin is now covering the White House and politics at The Messenger. She previously was a White House reporter at USA Today, and is a POLITICO alum. … Robert King will join POLITICO to cover CMS. He currently is a reporter for Fierce Healthcare.

TRANSITIONS — Nasim Fussell is now an SVP at Lot Sixteen. She previously was a trade partner at Holland & Knight and is a Senate Finance alum. … Aaron Trujillo is now VP of federal relations at Strategies 360. He most recently was deputy chief of staff for Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.). … Natasha McKenzie is now regional finance director for the mid-Atlantic at EMILY’s List. She previously was Midwest/South deputy finance director at the DSCC. …

… Eddie Meyer is joining Democratic Majority for Israel as congressional liaison. He previously spent over a decade working for Rep. Juan Vargas (D-Calif.). … Ryan Burchfield is now a senior client strategist at GOP polling firm WPA Intelligence. He previously was at Grassroots Targeting. … Maseh Zarif is now director of external affairs for the GOP staff of the House select committee on China. He most recently was with FDD Action, and is a House Homeland Security Committee alum.

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