'BradCast' 6/1/2023 (Encore: National security journalist Marcy Wheeler updates status of major criminal cases against Donald Trump)

Published: June 1, 2023, 5:53 p.m.

b"Encore: original air-date 5/3/2023. On today's 'BradCast': Veteran independent national security journalist MARCY WHEELER of Emptywheel.net joins us for an extensive update on the three ongoing, as-yet-unindicted criminal probes of disgraced former President Donald Trump in the wake of his recent criminal indictment in New York. Wheeler explains the final issues under consideration by prosecutors before indictments can be brought in each case. We begin with the sprawling criminal federal investigation by Special Counsel Jack Smith into the January 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection and Trump's related conspiracies, including the fake electors plot to obstruct the certification of Electoral College votes, potential criminal exposure for Trump's lawyers, and Trump's fraudulent fundraising on his lies about election fraud. Wheeler also offers insights into the status of the criminal investigation of Trump's theft of classified documents from the White House. Finally, Wheeler explains new, surprising developments in the broadening criminal probe by Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis into Trump's failed attempt to strong-arm state officials into stealing the 2020 election from Joe Biden."