'BradCast' 8/8/2023 (A RICO primer with attorney Keith Barber; Election Day in OH)
On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 It's a big election day in Ohio, where the state's Republican-controlled state legislature concocted a scheme to exploit a low-turnout August special election to pass an anti-democracy constitutional amendment that would raise the threshold for all future statewide ballot propositions. Early voting numbers suggest that Ohio voters have caught on to the GOP's sneak attack on democracy. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) dismantles the ridiculously false claims of an attorney for Donald Trump, who hilariously declared that a 'technical violation of the Constitution' isn't actually unlawful. Fulton County, GA District Attorney Fani Willis is highly likely to issue Trump's fourth criminal indictment in coming weeks, which could include expansive racketeering charges, known as RICO charges for short. Attorney and DailyKos contributor KEITH BARBER offers a helpful RICO primer and insights into Willis' likely imminent indictments. Barber also explains the latest court ruling in columnist E. Jean Carroll's rape and defamation case against Trump, and his counter-suit for defamation against Carroll. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'