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The Playbook Podcast

Mar. 30, 2023: Breaking: Russia holds WSJ reporter on spy charge

The Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

News, Daily News, Government, Politics

3.9699 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

BREAKING OVERNIGHT — “Russian Security Service Detains Wall Street Journal Reporter,” by WSJ’s Daniel Michaels: “The Federal Security Service said Thursday it had detained Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen, in the eastern city of Yekaterinburg. The FSB said in a statement that Mr. Gershkovich, ‘acting on the instructions of the American side, collected information constituting a state secret about the activities of one of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex.’ … ‘The Wall Street Journal is deeply concerned for the safety of Mr. Gershkovich,’ the Journal said in a statement. Mr. Gershkovich reports on Russia as part of the Journal’s Moscow bureau.” “Trump’s lead grows in GOP primary race, now over 50% support,” by Fox News’ Victoria Balara: “The survey, released Wednesday, finds [Donald] Trump has doubled his lead since February and is up by 30 points over Ron DeSantis (54%-24%). Last month, he was up by 15 (43%-28%). No one else hits double digits.” See the poll Our colleagues Hailey Fuchs, Clothilde Goujard and Daniel Lippman have a big investigation up this morning into the transatlantic political influence machine that TikTok put together as it battles efforts to regulate or ban the platform because of ties to China. Read the full story: “How TikTok built a ‘team of Avengers’ to fight for its life” And today, VP Kamala Harris is in Tanzania, where she’ll meet with President Samia Suluhu Hassan, the country’s first female head of state. But the bulk of Harris’ Africa trip is now over. And from the administration’s point of view, it was a success — but perhaps not for the reasons you think. Subscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter Raghu Manavalan is the host and senior editor of POLITICO's Playbook Daily Briefing.Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO Audio.

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0:00.0

Presented by TikTok.

0:03.0

Hey, good morning, Playbookers. I'm Rogumonovalin. Inside TikTok's political machine,

0:08.6

more polling looks bad for Ron DeSantis, plus Kamala Harris wraps up her trip in Africa.

0:14.6

Here's what we're watching on Thursday, March 30th.

0:18.0

Breaking overnight, the Wall Street Journal notes that Russian Security Service

0:22.0

detains Wall Street Journal reporter. As Daniel Michaels writes, the Federal Security Service said

0:28.0

Thursday it had detained Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen in the eastern city of Yakotrindberg.

0:34.9

Mr. Gershkovich reports on Russia as part of the journal's Moscow Bureau.

0:39.4

He is accredited to work as a journalist in Russia by the country's foreign minister,

0:44.4

the FSB said. The journal said in a statement that the Wall Street Journal is deeply concerned

0:49.8

for the safety of Mr. Gershkovich.

0:54.0

Victoria Ballara from Fox News notes that Trump's lead is growing in the GOP primary,

1:00.1

and it's now over 50%.

1:02.1

As she writes, the survey released Wednesday, finds that Trump has doubled his lead since February

1:08.1

and is up by 30 points over Ron DeSantis, 54% to 24%. Last month, he was up by 15%.

1:17.0

Worth noting, no one else has hit double digits. And our Politico colleagues have a big

1:23.4

story up this morning into the transatlantic political influence machine that TikTok has put

1:29.6

together as it battles efforts to regulate or ban the platform because of ties to China.

1:35.4

You can catch the full thing in today's playbook, but a key quote, in Washington alone,

1:39.9

about three dozen people lobbied the federal government for bite dance and TikTok in the last

1:45.9

quarter of 2022, including former senators and House members, according to disclosure reports.

1:53.3

In recent months, the company also finally succeeded in hiring SKDK, the public affairs firm

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