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Aug. 11, 2022: 'Informant' reports jolt Trump world
Aug. 11, 2022: 'Informant' reports jolt Trump world
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Released:
Aug 11, 2022
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There are two stories worth your time this morning: one about Donald
Trump in the Wall Street Journal and one about Joe Biden in the
Washington Post. They intersect with each other in a way that gets to
the heart of the most profound question in American politics.
First: There’s a government informant inside Trump’s inner circle.
(Awake now?)
That’s the takeaway from WSJ’s Alex Leary, Aruna Viswanatha and Sadie
Gurman, who retell the tale of the Mar-a-Lago records caper with
important new details.
Second: The second story worthy of your time is Michael Scherer, Ashley
Parker and Tyler Pager’s account of recent meetings between Joe Biden
and a circle of policy, political and academic experts from outside the
administration. The meetings follow Biden’s promise to do more outreach
— to seek “more input, more information, more constructive criticism
about what I should and shouldn’t be doing,” as he put it during a news
conference in January.
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Raghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.
Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.
Trump in the Wall Street Journal and one about Joe Biden in the
Washington Post. They intersect with each other in a way that gets to
the heart of the most profound question in American politics.
First: There’s a government informant inside Trump’s inner circle.
(Awake now?)
That’s the takeaway from WSJ’s Alex Leary, Aruna Viswanatha and Sadie
Gurman, who retell the tale of the Mar-a-Lago records caper with
important new details.
Second: The second story worthy of your time is Michael Scherer, Ashley
Parker and Tyler Pager’s account of recent meetings between Joe Biden
and a circle of policy, political and academic experts from outside the
administration. The meetings follow Biden’s promise to do more outreach
— to seek “more input, more information, more constructive criticism
about what I should and shouldn’t be doing,” as he put it during a news
conference in January.
Subscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter
Raghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.
Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.
Released:
Aug 11, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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