'BradCast' 1/16/2020 (Parnas sings as impeachment begins; L.A. faces suit over vote system flaw)
b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 The historic impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump officially began in the U.S. Senate today with a solemn oath-taking ceremony administered by the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a damning legal opinion finding the Trump White House violated federal law when it withheld hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Ukraine that was appropriated by Congress \\u2013 the matter at the heart of Trump's impeachment. Lev Parnas, right-hand man to Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani who has been indicted on campaign finance violations, offered bombshell revelations on MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show on Wednesday night in which he claimed Trump knew from the start about the scheme to strong-arm Ukraine to announce an investigation of Joe Biden. Parnas also implicated Vice President Mike Pence, former National Security Advisor John Bolton, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Congressman Devin Nunes and even Attorney General William Barr. New updates on our exclusive reporting on the pending certification of Los Angeles County's brand-new, $300 million unverifiable touchscreen voting system, set for first use in the crucial 2020 Super Tuesday primary on March 3, including misleading responses from L.A. County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan to questions about numerous security issues found in testing of the system. Beverly Hills, CA is weighing a lawsuit to stop its use after revelations of a serious design flaw that is likely to cause havoc for candidates and voters. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report,' with special coverage of Tuesday night's 2020 Democratic Presidential Debate in Des Moines, in which climate change, at long last, was front and center throughout much of the forum..."