NEWS — Evan Corcoran, the Trump attorney who became a critical witness in the classified documents case against the former president, has quietly left his legal team. Full story at 9:00 right now.

NEW: A recently-formed Trump super PAC says it’s got $27 million in cash on hand, including a $10 million donation from Ike Perlmutter. nytimes.com/2024/04/11/us/…

Thread from Lipton, leader of the team on a series of stories about Kushner’s post-government business and what conflicts could exist if he returns to government:

Via Michael Gold, a reminder that Trump backed a 20-week federal ban on abortion that cleared the House while he was president in 2017 nytimes.com/live/2024/04/1…

Just in: Looks like we'll be getting a transcript of Walt Nauta's FBI interview at some point tomorrow, minus the names of any potential govt witnesses, according to Judge Cannon's most recent order.

Trump megadonor John Paulson warns against ‘decoupling’ from China ft.com/content/5a4cb6…

Trump was just asked: “Do you think a doctor should be punished who perform abortions?”

“I’d let that be to the states, you know, everything we’re doing now is states and states’ rights,' Trump said.

Trump tells reporters in ATL that he would not sign a federal abortion ban if reelected in November.

“Would you sign a national abortion ban if Congress sent it to your desk?” Trump was asked by the reporter
“No,” Trump said, shaking his head.
“You wouldn’t sign it?”
“No.'

🚨 Had to do a slight redesign of the cover for my upcoming book on The Stone Pony because...

Bruce @Springsteen penned the foreward!

Pre-order 'I Don't Want to Go Home' here: bookshop.org/p/books/i-don-…

👇Thread from Eric Lipton who has led the way on this entire body of reporting:

nytimes.com/live/2024/04/1…

NYT: 'Iran is operating a clandestine smuggling route across the Middle East, employing intelligence operatives, militants and criminal gangs, to deliver weapons to Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to officials from the United States, Israel and Iran.'…

Our look at how the prosecutors and Trump team are approaching jury selection in the criminal case charging Trump with falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal during the 2016 election nytimes.com/2024/04/10/nyr…

New reporting on the various Trump-aligned efforts, some public, some covert, to boost 3rd party candidates + parallel efforts to suppress Dem turnout. Gift link so you can read for free w/o NYT subscription. w Maggie Haberman Shane Goldmacher Rebecca Davis O'Brien nytimes.com/2024/04/10/us/…

Love this newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

I spent much of the winter in Arizona, reporting on the Senate campaigns and the border. For the latest issue of New York Magazine, I wrote about the two oppositional realities that emerged: nymag.com/intelligencer/…

NEW: Jared Kushner's Saudi-backed investment firm has now pushed out nearly half of its $3 billion. Deals in Israel, Dubai, Brazil, Germany, US. The NYT takes a deep look, including a visit to HQ and an examination of emerging potential conflicts nytimes.com/2024/04/09/us/… w…