Stay tuned after the show for a message from Morgan Stanley.

Good Tuesday morning. I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to your political playbook audio briefing.

And I'm Anna Palmer. President Donald Trump is turning the federal bureaucracy in his favor.

Senate Republicans are taking his side. The Attorney General has authorized a Justice Department probe of election irregularities. Even in Harrisburg,

Pennsylvania, some State House Republicans are calling for an audit of the election. You're witnessing

what might be the last gasp of Trumpism. If Trump has a dominant ideology, it's the people on

his side, his administration and his party, should be unbendingly loyal to him.

And what you're seeing right now is the political and governmental machinery that he controls,

succumbed his anger at losing the election.

And with 71 days until inauguration day, this kind of behavior has a rapidly approaching termination date.

Of course, as with anything in his universe, this strain of Trumpism is a game of sorts, an act to kind of behavior has a rapidly approaching termination date.

Of course, as with anything in his universe, this strain of Trumpism is a game of sorts,

an act in which the cast is aiming to please Donald Trump.

But in reality, all of this is a little bit less than meets the eye.

Senate Republicans are suggesting the president's time is limited, and he needs to produce evidence in soon.

Joe Biden's team is considering legal action to force the government to start the transition

effort.

Attorney General Bill Barr's memorandum is filled with caveats.

And furthermore, the top Justice Department official in charge of election law quit in protest.

But all that said, Trump is planning to launch a leadership pack to keep doling out money to

Republicans.

So he's clearly not planning

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