Impeach Trump!

Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Ralph Nader

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🗓️ 5 October 2019

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Ralph talks to John Bonifaz, of The Impeachment Project, where he argues that the Ukraine scandal is just the last straw in a long line of Donald Trump’s impeachable offenses. And energy expert, David Freeman joins us to talk about the necessary steps the Climate Strike movement needs to take to realize their demands.

John Bonifaz is a public interest lawyer and the Co-Founder and President of Free Speech For People, which in coalition with Credo Action has initiated The Impeachment Project. Mr. Bonifaz previously served as the Executive Director and then General Counsel of the National Voting Rights Institute and has been at the forefront of key voting rights battles in the country for more than two decades. In 2004, Mr. Bonifaz wrote the book Warrior-King: The Case For Impeaching George W. Bush.

“We are in this urgent moment where Donald Trump almost on a daily basis attacks our Constitution, our democracy, and the rule of law. He’s a direct and serious threat to our republic and he needs to face impeachment proceedings now.” John Bonifaz, of the The Impeachment Project

David Freeman is an engineer, an attorney, and an author, who has been called an “ecopioneer” for his environmentally conscious leadership of both the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District. He is also a noted anti-nuclear activist and the author of a number of books on energy policy, including Winning Our Energy Independence and his latest All Electric America.

“The problem is fossil fuels. It’s 70% of the greenhouse gasses being emitted. And the answer is old-fashioned. We need to outlaw the goddamned stuff.” David Freeman, former director of the Tennessee Valley Authority

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0:00.0	It's the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.
0:05.0	Stand up, stand up.
0:07.0	You've been sitting way too long.
0:10.0	Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. My name is Steve Scrovan, along with my co-host David Feldman. Hello David.
0:20.0	Hello. In the immortal words of Mike Pompeo, I'll just be sitting here listening.
0:25.0	Okay, very good. You can jump in every once in a while.
0:30.0	I'm just listening in on the conversation just to make sure okay and of
0:35.9	course we have the man of the hour Ralph Nader hello Ralph hello everybody
0:39.2	well we have a very exciting show today.
0:42.6	An epic battle is shaping up between Congress
0:46.1	and the White House over the impeachment of Donald Trump.
0:49.8	How this constitutional crisis turns out
0:52.1	could determine whether the Congress
0:54.4	and the executive are in reality co-equal branches of government.
0:58.4	Events are unfolding swiftly, but as of this recording the House Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed all of the President's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani's relevant documents.
1:07.3	Secretary of State Mike Pompeii was admitted to being on the phone call, as David was referring to, the phone call that took place in July between Donald Trump and the
1:15.8	president of Ukraine but is hinting that he may not cooperate or let other
1:20.0	State Department officials cooperate with the committee, terming it as bullying.
1:25.5	The head of the Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff, has stated that any attempts on the part of the
1:29.0	White House to Stonewall would be considered obstruction and included in any articles of impeachment.
1:34.7	And Donald Trump insists he has the right to confront the whistleblower who first reported
1:39.2	the phone call and the President of the United States is throwing around words like spy and treason and calling the impeachment inquiry itself a coup.
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