'BradCast' 8/28/2023 (Encore: Special coverage of Trump's arrest in NY, with Heather Digby Parton and 'Driftglass')

Published: Aug. 28, 2023, 8:26 p.m.

b"We are re-airing our special coverage of the four historic criminal indictments of Donald J. Trump. Original airdate 4-4-2023. On today's 'BradCast': Criminal accountability for a U.S. president finally begins, at long last. Donald J. Trump was arrested, booked and arraigned in New York State Supreme Court on 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, 'in order to conceal damaging information and unlawful activity from American voters before and after the 2016 election,' according to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. As detailed in the 16-page indictment unsealed today, the charges relate to a conspiracy by the disgraced, twice-impeached former President and others to employ a 'catch and kill' scheme to 'identify, purchase, and bury negative information about him and boost his electoral prospects.' Joining us for lively special coverage of the historic event are HEATHER DIGBY PARTON, award-winning columnist at Salon and Digby's Hullabaloo blog, and 'DRIFTGLASS' of The Professional Left Podcast, also known as @Mr_Electrico on Twitter, both progressive commentators who have long covered the need for criminal accountability for presidents. We cover the facts and context of the indictments, what it all means, and what comes next in the likely accountability storm of the next several weeks and months. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'"