'BradCast' 12/4/2019 (Special impeaching hearing coverage with Heather 'Digby' Parton)
On today's 'BradCast': As we try to tell you every day on 'The BradCast', it's ALWAYS about elections -- all of it... The U.S. House Judiciary Committee held its first official impeachment hearing on Wednesday regarding Donald Trump's Ukraine scandal and obstruction of justice in the Robert Mueller Special Counsel's probe. Four academics testified on the history and meaning intended by the founders of "high crimes and misdemeanors" in the U.S. Constitution's impeachment clause, and what three of the scholars described as clearly impeachable offenses committed by President Donald J. Trump. All three testified that the record is now clear that Trump should be impeached, based on his strong-arm bribery campaign to force Ukraine to announce investigations for his personal political gain, in what Trump's own E.U. Ambassador described in a previous hearing as a "quid pro quo" scheme. Not all of those who testified, however, agreed that Trump should be impeached. George Washington University School of Law professor Jonathan Turley -- the Republicans' witness, who testified in support of impeachment against Bill Clinton in 1998 -- argued the record was still too thin to move forward with impeachment against Trump. Salon's HEATHER 'DIGBY' PARTON joins us to discuss extended excerpts from the day's hearing, potential Articles of Impeachment against Trump (including abuse of power, bribery, obstruction of Congress and obstruction of justice), why House Democrats are moving quickly with the 2020 primaries in just two months, and more. Also today: Georgia's illegitimate GOP Governor Brian Kemp names an inexperienced, wealthy "Ivanka-like" GOP donor to be GA's new U.S. Senator. NATO leaders are caught on videotape laughing at Mr. Trump...