'BradCast' 1/18/2021 (Recounted: 2nd impeachment of Trump; Ensuring legal, political accountability)

Published: Jan. 20, 2021, 12:35 a.m.

b"'BradCast' Recounted: On today's show, we've put together some of our important recent interviews that you may have missed. First up: Constitutional expert and former federal prosecutor BEN CLEMENTS of the non-partisan government accountability group, Free Speech for People (FSFP), discusses why the second impeachment of Donald Trump is crucial to ensuring accountability for the 'seditious' President of the United States and to prohibit him from occupying any future federal office in this country. Clements also explains the timeline and precedent of a second impeachment, the legality of a presidential self-pardon, and why the incoming Biden Administration Justice Department must pursue investigations and legal consequences for the wrongdoing by Trump and his administration. Then: Former Democratic Congressman and diplomat TOM PERRIELLO, now Executive Director of the Open Society Foundation-U.S., explains how the country may be able to carve a path forward to reconciliation and healing after Trump leaves office. Perriello draws on his extensive international experience as a diplomat in conflict resolution and transitional justice in war-torn countries to explain the one key step that the U.S. must take to end the cycle of escalating civil division and political violence that has plagued other nations. As Perriello noted in the New York Times, 'Countries that skip the accountability phase end up repeating 100 percent of the time -- but the next time the crisis is worse.'\\xa0 Perriello covers several actions that President-elect Joe Biden and his administration can take to begin to help 'heal' the nation and avoid repeating the mistakes of the Obama Administration's decision to 'look forward, not back' on their predecessors' lawbreaking. As a former Democratic Congressman from Virginia, Perriello also offers insights on the historic second impeachment of Donald Trump."