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The Playbook Podcast

May 26, 2021: ‘Cloud of nerves’ hovers over Trump land after grand jury report

The Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

News, Daily News, Government, Politics

3.9699 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

After news broke last night that Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance has convened a special grand jury to decide whether to indict former President Donald Trump or execs at his company, Playbook checked in with Trump world to get their take on the latest news.  Olivia Reingold is an editor-producer for POLITICO Audio. 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.

0:03.6

It's Wednesday morning. I'm Olivia Reingold, and this is your Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.

0:10.7

Late last night, this news broke.

0:14.0

The breaking news that's emerging right now, the Washington Post only moments ago, reporting

0:19.1

that prosecutors in New York have convened a grand jury

0:22.9

to hear evidence to weigh charges against the former president or employees of the Trump organization.

0:28.0

To consider weighing criminal charges.

0:30.2

Criminal charges.

0:31.2

Criminal charges.

0:36.1

The Washington Post was the first to break that story that Manhattan DA Syvans has convened

0:42.5

a special grand jury to decide whether to indict former President Donald Trump or execs

0:48.4

that his company. Playbook checked in with Trump World to hear how that news is sitting with the former president

0:55.3

and his advisors.

0:57.2

And the picture we got is this.

0:59.5

A cloud of nerves is hanging over Trump.

1:02.7

Those are actually the exact words one advisor told us verbatim, quote,

1:07.7

There's definitely a cloud of nerves in the air. That advisor added that this update

1:13.0

in Vance his investigation, which feels like it's always taking a new twist or turn, is hitting

1:19.0

differently. That's because, according to the advisor, they're putting pressure on Trump

1:24.0

organization's CFO Alan Weisselberg to flip.

1:28.1

Here's how they put it, quote,

1:30.0

I think the Weisselberg involvement and the wild card of that

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