Dec. 10, 2021: Trump’s terrible Thursday, followed by Biden’s bad Friday?

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🗓️ 10 December 2021

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Thursday was a double-whammy for former President Donald Trump. First, New York state A.G. Tish James announced that she was suspending her campaign for governor and would instead run for reelection. That all but assures the law enforcement officer who has been perhaps the most aggressive in investigating Trump will continue to focus her attention on the ex-president. Then, a federal appeals court flatly rejected that Trump’s claims of executive privilege, which he used to block the National Archives from turning over documents to the Jan. 6 committee. It’s not the final word on the matter — the Supreme Court could still intervene this month — but it’s a big win for the select committee. If Trump had a bad day Thursday, it might be Joe Biden's turn on Friday. A pair of critical reports out today could cause a spate of negative headlines just as the White House is looking to push Build Back Better (BBB) past the finish line. Listen and subscribe to Playbook Deep Dive Raghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the Senior Producer of POLITICO Audio.

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0:00.0	Presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.
0:04.5	Hey, good morning, Playbookers, I'm Roguminawold.
0:07.3	It's Friday, and today, some bad news if your last name is Trump or Biden.
0:11.3	This is your Politico Playbook Daily briefing.
0:18.0	Yesterday was a double whamie for former President Donald Trump first.
0:22.5	New York State Attorney General Tis James announced she was suspending her campaign for governor and would instead run for re-election.
0:29.7	That all but assures, she'll continue to focus her attention on the ex-president.
0:34.5	Indeed, just hours before the announcement, the Washington Post scooped that James was
0:39.1	pushing to depose Trump in January as part of her investigation into possible fraud in the Trump
0:44.9	investigation. Then, a federal appeals court flatly rejected Trump's claims of executive privilege,
0:50.7	which he had been using to block the National Archives from turning over documents
0:54.6	to the January 6th Committee.
0:56.4	The Supreme Court could still intervene on the matter, but it's a huge win for the January
1:00.5	6th Committee.
1:01.8	If Trump had a bad day yesterday, it could be Joe Biden's turn today.
1:06.4	A pair of critical reports out today could cause a spate of negative headlines, just as the White House is
1:11.7	looking to push build back better past the finish line. One is the Consumer Price Index for November,
1:17.1	which is expected to show rising inflation. The other is a CBO score of the fiscal impacts of BBB,
1:23.2	assuming its programs are funded for a decade. Under the current bill, the programs expire after a
1:28.4	couple years, but Republicans and even moderates like Joe Manchin have said, it's fiscally
1:32.9	irresponsible not to assume they won't be extended longer, and thus pressed to see a longer
1:38.2	10-year cost analysis. Ahead of the releases, the White House has looked to do two things. One,
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