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To: AndyJackson

You really don’t have a clue. The specific allegations in the complaint concerning the book allege defamation, which is not one of the statutorily defined “predicate acts” that are a required element of every RICO claim. The vast majority of the allegations concern uranium, Russia, private email servers, and the crooked Clinton Foundation, for which the Plaintiff fails to allege any specific damage to his business of property as a result thereof. This complaint makes interesting reading, but from a legal standpoint, the RICO claim is going nowhere except the circular file.


30 posted on 06/22/2018 3:15:53 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: Labyrinthos
You really don’t have a clue.

Well, I do have some clue. For instance he does state a claim for the defamation.

Second, he claims that much of the harassment that he endured was in retaliation against him for testifying against the Clinton which he was compelled to do as a secret service agent in violation of 18 U.S. Code § 1513 which is a specifically prohibited act under the RICO statute.

But, it is rather a rambling complaint, and takes some 40 pages of [irrelevant and unhelpful] narrative before he gets to the first allegation of the complaint.

And I cannot find much about his attorney. His practice seems to be all over the board and this would not appear to be an area he specializes in. The firm of which he claims to be managing partner does not have website.

So, yes I have a clue, it looks like an uphill battle and of course the first step will be motions to dismiss for lack of standing [he certainly has standing on the defamation claim, which he asserts is brought under Arkansas law] and minimally states a claim for defamation. But the RICO stuff ....

35 posted on 06/22/2018 5:45:34 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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