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Georgia RICO Charge is Broader Than Jan 6th Indictment = 161 predicate acts in their criminal enterprise
Georgia RICO Charge is Broader Than Jan 6th Indictment = 161 predicate acts in their criminal enterprise
By razoo
21 Aug 2023 9:17 pm in No Holds Barred Political Forum
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21 Aug 2023 9:17 pm
Trump and/or his cronies are charged with 161 predicate acts in their criminal enterprise ......
Of the 91 criminal charges former President Donald Trump is facing, the most consequential is Count 1 of his fourth indictment, which was filed by Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis on August 14, 2023. It alleges Trump is the head of a vast criminal conspiracy in violation of the Georgia Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.
Congress passed the federal RICO Act in 1970 to prosecute Mafia bosses who had escaped indictment by avoiding direct involvement in the crimes their minions perpetrated. RICO allows prosecutors to establish the existence of a criminal organization by using predicate acts committed by some members of the conspiracy to rope in the rest as part of a “criminal enterprise” with a common goal.
Georgia’s RICO statute, while patterned after the federal statute, is more sweeping. The Georgia legislature enacted it in 1980 to “apply to an interrelated pattern of criminal activity” and commanded courts to “liberally construe” the law to protect Georgia’s citizens from harm. It enables the prosecutor to construct a narrative of massive and widespread racketeering in Georgia and beyond by Trump and his cohorts. If convicted, they will receive between five and 20 years in prison.
RICO Allows the Prosecutor to “Tell the Whole Story”“RICO is a tool that allows a prosecutor’s office and law enforcement to tell the whole story,” Willis said at a press conference last year. Willis’s “story is a much broader and more detailed arc of treachery and deceit” than federal Special Counsel Jack Smith was able to capture in his federal indictment of Trump for his role in the January 6 insurrection, David Firestone wrote in The New York Times.
Smith charged Trump with conspiracies to defraud the United States, to obstruct an official proceeding, and against the right to vote.
But he didn’t name other co-conspirators or present such a far-reaching factual and geographically broad case as Willis, who brought in dozens of co-conspirators to paint a comprehensive picture of an extensive criminal enterprise led by Trump.
https://truthout.org/articles/georgia-r ... fa03b86381
Of the 91 criminal charges former President Donald Trump is facing, the most consequential is Count 1 of his fourth indictment, which was filed by Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis on August 14, 2023. It alleges Trump is the head of a vast criminal conspiracy in violation of the Georgia Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.
Congress passed the federal RICO Act in 1970 to prosecute Mafia bosses who had escaped indictment by avoiding direct involvement in the crimes their minions perpetrated. RICO allows prosecutors to establish the existence of a criminal organization by using predicate acts committed by some members of the conspiracy to rope in the rest as part of a “criminal enterprise” with a common goal.
Georgia’s RICO statute, while patterned after the federal statute, is more sweeping. The Georgia legislature enacted it in 1980 to “apply to an interrelated pattern of criminal activity” and commanded courts to “liberally construe” the law to protect Georgia’s citizens from harm. It enables the prosecutor to construct a narrative of massive and widespread racketeering in Georgia and beyond by Trump and his cohorts. If convicted, they will receive between five and 20 years in prison.
RICO Allows the Prosecutor to “Tell the Whole Story”“RICO is a tool that allows a prosecutor’s office and law enforcement to tell the whole story,” Willis said at a press conference last year. Willis’s “story is a much broader and more detailed arc of treachery and deceit” than federal Special Counsel Jack Smith was able to capture in his federal indictment of Trump for his role in the January 6 insurrection, David Firestone wrote in The New York Times.
Smith charged Trump with conspiracies to defraud the United States, to obstruct an official proceeding, and against the right to vote.
But he didn’t name other co-conspirators or present such a far-reaching factual and geographically broad case as Willis, who brought in dozens of co-conspirators to paint a comprehensive picture of an extensive criminal enterprise led by Trump.
https://truthout.org/articles/georgia-r ... fa03b86381
21 Aug 2023 9:26 pm
21 Aug 2023 9:47 pm
22 Aug 2023 3:26 am
How would that NOT make him a criminal?
22 Aug 2023 10:24 pm
23 Aug 2023 8:20 am
As fun a Mueller Time??
23 Aug 2023 6:44 pm
Are they going to use the "Home Depot Gallows" as exhibit A...?
How many years is the guy with the firecracker gonna get...?
How many years is the guy with the firecracker gonna get...?
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