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Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com
Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com. Originating on Pacifica Radio's KPFK 90.7FM in Los Angeles and syndicated coast-to-coast and around the globe! NOW FIVE DAYS A WEEK!
'BradCast' 11/29/2018: (Trump's fixer admits lie about Moscow scheme; NC election fraud mystery grows)
11-29-2018 (53.81 MB)
On today's 'BradCast': More trouble for Donald Trump in Robert Mueller's Special Counsel probe, as Trump's former personal lawyer and "fixer" Michael Cohen pleaded guilty today to lying to Congress multiple times last year. In federal court papers, Cohen revealed that Trump's attempt to make a deal for a Trump Tower in Moscow continued until through June of 2016, many months later than previously known. Trump pretended these details were already publicly known -- they weren’t. If Trump’s written answers submitted to Mueller are in conflict with evidence gathered by investigators, it could raise serious new legal issues for his increasingly erratic and manic presidency. Also today: more new details today in the stunning mystery over the North Carolina State Board of Elections refusal to certify the U.S. House election in NC's 9th District, after allegations of "unfortunate activities" that a Board member charged have been "ongoing for a number of years." State investigators are reportedly examining absentee ballot applications and envelopes in counties that had extraordinarily high rates of absentee votes and absentee ballots that were never returned to the counties. In Maine, Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin has filed for a "recount" in his 2nd Congressional District race, the state's first Ranked Choice Voting election, with his campaign accurately charging that the tabulation relied upon a "black-box" voting system and "computer algorithm" that "no one is able to review". This predictable outcome, of course, is just one of the reasons we've long warned against the use of RCV. Plus Desi Doyen has the latest 'Green News Report' with the U.N. warning that the world is not on track to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, Amazon's new HQ is in a flood zone, and House Dems introduce legislation for a price on carbon...
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