'BradCast' 10/3/2023: (McCarthy ousted as Speaker; Bad news for Trump in NY, GA)

Published: Oct. 4, 2023, 2:15 a.m.

b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 House Republicans unleash more chaos in Congress. After House Democrats helped Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy pass a short-term funding bill to avert a federal government shutdown, far-right Rep. Matt Gaetz and eight other Republicans succeeded in their effort to oust McCarthy from the speakership. It's the first time in US history that a House Speaker has been removed, and it's unclear what happens next. The judge in the New York civil fraud trial against Donald Trump issued a gag order after Trump identified and attacked the judge's staff on social media. Bad news in court for four of Trump's co-defendants in the Fulton County, Georgia RICO case over their failed conspiracy to steal the 2020 election. Gen. John Kelly, retired US Marine Corps General and former Trump White House Chief of Staff, finally went on record to confirm his direct knowledge of Trump's long-reported denigration of troops and veterans. Gen. Mark Milley, Trump's Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivered striking, fiery remarks at his retirement ceremony focused on the military's loyalty and oath to defend the Constitution, along with thinly-veiled criticism of Trump as a 'wannabe-dictator.' Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'"