'BradCast' 1/27/2021 (Guest: Impeachment expert Ron Fein; Biden unveils ambitious climate agenda)

Published: Jan. 28, 2021, 2:54 a.m.

On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 The Department of Homeland Security issued a new warning about ongoing threats from domestic terrorists in the U.S., who have been radicalized by Donald Trump's Big Lie falsely claiming that the 2020 election was stolen. Three weeks after Trump incited his MAGA Mob supporters to launch their murderous attack on the Capitol, Trump's unprecedented second impeachment trial has officially begun in the US Senate, but Republicans are attempting to dismiss it, claiming that impeaching a president after he leaves office is somehow 'unconstitutional'. Constitutional law expert RON FEIN of Free Speech for People answers why Republicans' argument is clearly false, disingenuous, and dangerous, effectively telling any President they can commit crimes in the last few weeks of their term with impunity. Fein also explains how Democrats can prevent Trump from holding future office even without an impeachment conviction; how Trump could benefit from a second failure to convict him; and whether a censure resolution against the disgraced former President would be a deterrent from committing similar behavior in the future. Fein also rings in on the decision by the GOP's stolen and packed U.S. Supreme Court to dismiss two cases regarding Trump's alleged violation of the Constitution's Emoluments Clause as 'moot,' and whether Trump has pocketed a secret self-pardon for future use. Finally, it was 'Climate Day' in Joe Biden's new White House, and the new President unveiled an historically ambitious climate agenda that, if successful, will result in nationwide carbon emissions-free electricity by 2035, and create millions of new jobs in building resilient infrastructure, renewable energy, electric vehicles, and cleaning up legacy pollution, among many other provisions...