On April 11, seven House Democrats sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling for charges against Australian journalist Julian Assange to be dropped. The letter was led by Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and was signed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Cori Bush (D-MO), and Greg Casar (D-TX).