'BradCast' 10/25/2019 (Guest: Former FEC Chair Ann Ravel)

On today's 'BradCast':  An exclusive interview with former Federal Elections Commissioner, Ann Ravel, on the apparent violations of federal election laws at the heart of the Trump impeachment inquiry into Ukraine. Ravel, who is now running for state office in California, also discusses the absurd campaign finance laws that allowed two (now indicted) associates of Rudy Giuliani to buy their way into the White House and directly affect U.S. foreign policy.  We cover our shamefully broken FEC, which does not currently even have a quorum of commissioners to meet as we head into the most critical election in the history of our nation. Ravel offers insights on the campaign finance laws apparently violated by Trump in soliciting a "thing of value" from a foreign entity at the heart of Trump's attempted withholding of military aid and the strong-arming of Ukraine in exchange for dirt on the Biden family; Attorney General Bill Barr's failure to refer the matter to the FEC, as required; and why Democrats in Congress have yet to make the Stormy Daniels hush money payments a central point in their impeachment inquiry. Also today: breaking news on a federal court ruling ordering the DOJ to turn over unredacted grand jury testimony and other materials from the Robert Mueller probe to House Democrats working on impeachment. Trump is standing by his man Rudy Giuliani – for now – as Giuliani increasingly finds himself in more embarrassing, and potentially criminal, straits by the hour. Plus the satirical Randy Rainbow throws Rudy under a bus...