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The Playbook Podcast

February 13, 2018

The Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

News, Daily News, Politics, Government

3.9699 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2018

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

One lawmaker's ugly divorce pulls in Rep. Darrell Issa, the battle for control of Congress and more in today's Audio Briefing.

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0:00.0

Good Tuesday morning, I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook Audio Briefing, sponsored by Morgan Stanley.

0:06.9

And I'm Jake Sherman. We have a scoop this morning on Ohio Republican Congressman Mike Turner's ugly divorce.

0:12.4

His lawyers wanted to depose Daryl Issa, the Republican from California.

0:16.5

John Bresdenhan, Rachel Bade and I write that Turner handed Issa a letter last week seeking

0:21.1

to depose him as part of the divorce proceedings.

0:23.8

It's unclear why Turner wants ICE's testimony.

0:26.9

Turner filed for divorce after just one and a half years of marriage.

0:30.1

The battle for control of Congress is in full swing.

0:33.2

Variety is reporting that Walt Disney Chairman Bob Iger is hosting a fundraiser next week

0:38.0

for half a dozen Democratic senators in tough re-election races.

0:42.2

Burgess Everett reports that retiring Senator Bob Corker is, quote,

0:46.3

listening to Republicans urging him to run for re-election as Republicans are concerned

0:51.5

about losing his Tennessee seat.

0:53.5

Speaker Paul Ryan gave $5,000 to more

0:56.9

than 140 of his House GOP colleagues, according to his leadership PAC's filing, which was made

1:03.4

public yesterday. And Isaac Dovere talks with Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms about the black

1:09.6

women turnout in the 2017 elections in the

1:12.7

latest off-message podcast. She says, quote, black women are realizing the power of their vote

1:18.5

and of their influence. Back at the White House, Ileana Johnson is reporting new details in the

1:22.8

Rob Porter scandal. She writes that Sarah Huckabee Sanders called in four reporters, one from the Times, one from

1:27.9

the Post, one from Axios, and one from the Wall Street Journal in the hours after the Daily Mail

1:32.1

story published with photographs of Porter's first ex-wife, so Porter could tell his story of events

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