July 01, 2021: Trump aide says ex-prez emboldened by indictment news

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🗓️ 1 July 2021

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The former president was on a conference call with his advisers Monday discussing his favorite topic — revenge — when he was interrupted with an update on the Manhattan D.A.’s investigation. He would not be personally indicted, Trump was told — only Weisselberg and the Trump Organization would be. Trump was thrilled by what he saw as light charges, and according to one of the advisers on the call, his mind raced to 2024. “Just wait until 2024, you’ll see,” Trump said. The former president implied that the legal case would be seen as a political witch hunt that would backfire on Democrats. Raghu Manavalan is the host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the senior producer for POLITICO Audio. Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO Audio.

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0:00.0	Presented by Facebook.
0:03.2	Hey, good morning, Playbookers. It's Thursday, July 1st. I'm Rugu Mondevalin, and this is your Politico
0:09.7	Playbook Daily Briefing. By now, you might have heard that a grand jury in Manhattan
0:19.2	filed criminal indictments against former President Donald Trump's company and its longtime chief financial officer, Alan Weisselberg.
0:26.8	The Washington Post notes that the indictments could mark a significant escalation in his legal problems, both by exposing his company to potential fines and by raising pressure on the former CFO. Prosecutors hope that
0:39.3	Weisselberg will offer testimony against Trump in exchange for lessening his own risk,
0:44.5	according to another person familiar with the case. The former president was on a conference
0:48.7	call with his advisors Monday discussing his favorite topic of revenge when he was interrupted with an update.
0:55.4	He would not be personally indicted.
0:58.0	Trump was told only Weiselberg and the Trump Organization would be.
1:01.9	Here's what we know.
1:02.7	Trump was thrilled by what he saw as light charges, and according to one of his advisors on the call,
1:08.2	his mind raced to 2024.
1:13.1	Trump said on the call, just wait until 2024. You'll see. The former president implied that the legal case would be seen as a political
1:18.8	witch hunt that would backfire on Democrats. The advisor had the impression that Trump,
1:23.7	who was already coming off a high from the large crowd at his rally in Ohio last weekend,
1:28.5	was emboldened by the news.
1:30.8	The person on the call told Playbook, now he's definitely going to run for president again.
1:35.9	Trump's former campaign advisor Sam Nunberg told Politico's Meredith McGraw,
1:40.2	it's going to be a two-pronged message, the message for political public consumption, and then the PR message against the substance of the case itself.
1:48.4	He's already talked about this being the greatest witch hunt, a continuation of the greatest witch hunt, and it will just anger his supporters.
1:55.5	So expect to hear Trump push that narrative on his nationwide tour when he's not dwelling on his true fixation, the results of the
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