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#400 - "Trump Indicted (And It Feels So Good)"

The Fifth Column

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Alvin Brack and the Grand Jury

The Fifth Amendment, the Constitution, it was understood as an important citizen check on prosecutorial power. It has become one of the only fora in America where a prosecutor can do whatever he wants without a judge and without opposing lawyers. This is why all the people in the stupid Barry Bonds thing that were ended up in jail were people who refused to testify in front of a grand jury. Grand juries exist to be told by prosecutors what they shouldn't do. That's what we're saying. But if you think this is the greatest thing in the world, you also have to understand that Alvin Brack has been out there talking about Donald Trump. I've sued Trump more than a hundred

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