Hoffman’s DeSantis Gamble, BET Strategery, Xi-Putin Fallout

Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon infusion of Puck’s latest reporting.

Today, we lead with Teddy Schleifer’s two-part dissection of the subpoenas flooding S.B.F.’s inner circle and why Democratic super-donor Reid Hoffman might back DeSantis against Trump in ’24.

Plus, below the fold: Julia Ioffe has the inside story of how the White House tried to disrupt the Xi-Putin summit. Julia Alexander teases out the logic for Shari Redstone spinning BET. And on The Powers That Be, Tara Palmeri and Peter Hamby dig into some of the bonkers, second-order effects of Trump’s potential indictment.

TEDDY SCHLEIFER

New details on the subpoenas and next cards to flip in the FTX campaign-finance case. Plus, why Reid Hoffman might be offering some unlikely assistance to DeSantis.

JULIA IOFFE

An ecstatic reception for the Chinese president in Moscow revealed the dearth of diplomatic and military options before Russia, and just how few friends Vladimir Putin has left.

JULIA ALEXANDER

Shari Redstone has combined her family heirlooms into one massive, undervalued, underloved media conglomerate in the hopes of finding a single buyer for the whole enchilada. So why is she making an exception for BET?

PETER HAMBY & TARA PALMERI

Tara Palmeri and Peter Hamby dig into some of the stunning, and bonkers, second order effects of Trump’s potential indictment.