'BradCast' 1/29/2020 (Guest: Constitutional attorney, impeachment expert John Bonifaz)

Published: Jan. 30, 2020, 1:43 a.m.

b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 Our special coverage of the Senate Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump continues, with Day 1 of Questions and Answers from senators, answered by the two teams of attorneys -- the Democratic House managers, and the White House Counsel defending Trump. On Wednesday, the Trump White House threatened to block the publication of former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton's bombshell book, asserting "national security" grounds. Trump unleashed a tirade against Bolton on Twitter. Republicans continue to argue impeachment is nothing more than a "policy difference" between Democrats and the White House. Democratic House Managers detailed how the White House counsel claimed the impeachment is invalid because the House failed to seek subpoenas in court for some witnesses even as the White House is in court right now arguing that House subpoenas of Executive Branch officials are illegitimate and the House has no right to oversee the Executive Branch. Constitutional attorney JOHN BONIFAZ, Co-Founder of FreeSpeechForPeople.org\\xa0 joins us for insight, analysis and debunking of the day's proceedings. Bonifaz explains and responds to several of the novel defense claims offered by the White House's attorneys; offers his thoughts on whether Bolton and others (including the Bidens) should be called as witnesses; gives his impressions of the case brought to date by Democrats; calls out both criminal defense attorney Alan Dershowitz and White House attorney Ken Starr (who led the impeachment investigation against Bill Clinton) for hypocrisy; and explains his own consistency in supporting impeachment proceedings against George W. Bush, Donald Trump and, yes, Bill Clinton, for Abuse of Power by each of those presidents..."