Trump’s Mole Hunt, Goodell’s Secret Court, Greenblatt’s Next Move

Happy Friday, and thanks for reading The Daily Courant, your afternoon capsule of everything new at Puck.

First up, Tara Palmeri gathers the latest signals from inside Mar-a-Lago, where Trump’s jumpy entourage is less focused on getting the boss out of trouble than with pointing fingers and implicating colleagues. Meanwhile, in Washington, the Pelosi succession takes a fateful turn.

Below the fold, Matt Belloni talks to legendary executive Bob Greenblatt about the future of TV. And Eriq Gardner stops by the pod to discuss how Roger Goodell controls the NFL’s inscrutable, Star Chamber-style justice system.

Trump’s inner circle is reeling, almost Agatha Christie-style, over the identity of the informant. And it’s become an interesting guessing game. Since his kitchen cabinet of advisors generally drop in from out of state, and are relegated to his office above the ballroom in Mar-a-Lago, few have access to his residence or the basement where personal items are stored. Trump insiders have told me that they’ve narrowed the identity of the possible informant down to two camps. The theory is that it was likely among the cohort of junior aides, mostly body men, (think Cassidy Hutchinson level), who are by his side day-to-day at either Bedminster or Mar-a-Lago. A few of these people have rotated out of the office in recent months, and, some have speculated, may perceive their futures as brighter outside of Trump’s orbit. Others say it could be an actual staff worker at the Mar-a-Lago club. I’ve been told specific names...