'BradCast' 3/6/2020 (Guest: Investigative journalist Jason Leopold)
b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 The rule of law continues to unravel at the Dept. of Justice under Donald Trump's fixer Attorney General Bill Barr. On Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton issued a blistering -- and potentially unprecedented -- opinion effectively describing the U.S. Attorney General as a liar. Judge Walton (appointed by George W. Bush) described Barr's characterization of the Robert Mueller Special Counsel's Report on the investigation into Russia's influence on the 2016 election as "distorted" and "misleading," and cited "inconsistencies" between Barr's summary of the report and the often-damning evidence ultimately revealed when the heavily-redacted report was finally released. Walton declared that Barr's "lack of candor" called into question his "credibility and, in turn, the department's" reasons for redacting portions of the report. The judge's opinion is now being cited by former prosecutors as "indicative of the fabric of the justice system deteriorating." Judge Walton has now ordered the DOJ to privately reveal the unredacted report to him as he decides a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the full text of the document. BuzzFeed News investigative journalist JASON LEOPOLD, who filed the FOIA request in question, joins us to explain the unprecedented nature of the judge's scathing opinion, and what it means for AG Barr and the Justice Department going forward. Also today: some encouraging polls on the 2020 election and the chances of Democrats taking back the Senate majority. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report'..."