'BradCast' 2/9/2021 (2nd Trump Impeachment Trial: 'There is No 'January Exception' to the Impeachment Clause')
On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 Donald Trump alone makes up half of the four presidential impeachments in US history, a mark of shame that will never be removed. Democratic House Impeachment Managers on Tuesday were forced argue that Trump's historic second impeachment trial is indeed constitutional, countering Republicans' ridiculous, disingenuous claims.\xa0 Lead Impeachment manager Jaime Raskin (MD) argued that there is no 'January Exception' to the Constitution's impeachment clause allowing presidents to commit crimes and foment mayhem with impunity during their final weeks in office. House managers aired a riveting, chilling video from January 6, showing Trump repeatedly instructing his supporters to 'fight like hell' during his rally, then directing them to the U.S. Capitol where Congress was certifying President Joe Biden's 2020 Electoral College win, juxtaposed with violent scenes of the insurrectionists attacking the Capitol. The case made by Trump's team of defense attorneys was rambling, disjointed, overtly political and partisan, and did not address the constitutionality of the proceedings, but nonetheless got 44 Republicans senators' votes. Six Republicans voted with Senate Democrats to allow Trump's impeachment trial to proceed. Arguments for the actual charge of 'Incitement of Insurrection' begin on Wednesday. Also today:\xa0 A hacker using remote access software was prevented from poisoning a Florida city's water supply, but the incident offers a warning for electronic US election systems:\xa0 the US Election Assistance Commission, the federal agency responsible for certifying computer voting and tabulation systems, has quietly weakened new voting system security standards to allow wireless modems on voting machines, against the warnings of cybersecurity and voting systems experts.