On October 31, Amy Goodman, hostess of the “Democracy Now” radio show, interviewed Carl Mayer about the lawsuit Ralph Nader filed against the Democratic National Committee last month. Here is the transcript. Carl Mayer is one of the attorneys for the new lawsuit. The radio show tried to persuade someone from the Democratic National Committee to appear to give the party’s side, but was unsuccessful.

Nader filed a companion lawsuit in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, on November 1. It is called Nader v McAuliffe, no. 07-cv-1101. Nader filed the federal lawsuit as a backup to his lawsuit in the District of Columbia, just in case there are jurisdiction problems with the D.C. filing. Terry McAuliffe, former chair of the Democratic National Committee, lives in Virginia.