Sept. 15, 2021: Scoop Grisham texts cast doubt on book claim
Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom crushed the recall attempt by a nearly 2-to 1 margin. The coverage: David Siders and Carla Marinucci with how he did it. \u2026 AP\u2019s Nick Riccardi with 5 takeaways \u2026 LAT\u2019s Steve Lopez on possibly \u201c the most frivolous waste of time in California election history\u201d\nAnd, Stephanie Grisham writes in her upcoming book that she did not believe that the election was stolen and tried to convince Melania Trump there was no grand conspiracy to deny her husband a second term. But a senior Trump aide provided text messages to Playbook suggesting that Grisham was sympathetic to \u2014 and in one instance tried to assist \u2014 efforts to stop the certification of the election in her home state of Arizona.\xa0\nSubscribe to POLITICO's newest podcast, Global Insider\nRaghu Manavalan is the host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the senior producer for POLITICO Audio.\xa0Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO Audio.