'BradCast' 5/17/2017: (Guest: Former Asst. US Attorney Randall D. Eliason of George Washington University Law School)
b"On today's BradCast: yes, more huge breaking news mid-show, but before we get to that, more fallout from yesterday's huge breaking news concerning the report that, in February, Donald Trump asked then-FBI Director James Comey to end the Bureau's investigation of Trump's former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Republicans on Capitol Hill are having trouble responding to the news, although at least one GOP Senator compared the latest revelations to Watergate, and committees in both the House and Senate have now asked for the Comey memos that are said to document his meetings with Trump. The phrase 'obstruction of justice' is being bandied about more and more in light of that news and other reports regarding Trump's apparent efforts to shut down the FBI's probe. We are joined today by former Asst. U.S. Attorney, now Professor Randall D. Eliason of George Washington University Law School to discuss exactly what 'obstruction of justice' actually is, in both the legal criminal sense (as it might apply in a prosecution) and in the political sense (as it might apply in Articles of Impeachment). Finally, more breaking news:\\xa0 former FBI Director Robert Mueller has been named as Special Counsel by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, to lead the FBI's probe into 'any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump'..."