'BradCast' 8/17/2020 (Guest: Nils Gilman, co-founder of the Transition Integrity Project on potential Constitutional Crisis over the November Election)
On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 Will Trump attempt to undermine the results of the 2020 election, and what actions might he take to monkey-wrench the process between the November election and Inauguration Day?\xa0 NILS GILMAN, Vice President of Programs at the Berggruen Institute and co-founder of the bipartisan Transition Integrity Project (TIP),\xa0 joins us to discuss their disturbing report warning of a potential constitutional crisis over the November 3, 2020 election. Gilman explains the conclusions reached during a series of bipartisan tabletop 'war games' -- conducted by a bipartisan group of more than 100 current and former senior government officials, campaign leaders and other experts from media to the military -- and their final report warning that the Trump Administration may seek to manipulate, ignore, undermine or disrupt the 2020 presidential election and transition process between November 3rd (Election Day) and January 20, 2021 (Inauguration Day). Except in the scenario of a landslide victory for Joe Biden, all of the scenarios ended with a constitutional crisis that lasted until the inauguration, featuring violence in the streets and a severely disrupted administrative transition that cripples the incoming administration's ability to respond to multiple ongoing crises like the coronavirus pandemic. As one participant noted, the high likelihood of a political impasse demonstrated 'the law is essentially... almost helpless against a President who's willing to ignore it.'\xa0 Gilman also explains concrete actions that institutions and everyday Americans can take -- from government to political organizations and the courts, to citizen activists and the media -- to be prepared to handle whatever may be hurled, and to fight against and mitigate these dire scenarios. While nothing is inevitable, Gilman notes, the time to talk about it is NOW...