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BREAKING: Georgia DA expected to charge Trump under Anti-Mafia RICO law
The Post Millennial ^ | August 7, 2023 | Hannah Nightingale

Posted on 08/07/2023 2:02:02 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man

grand jury is set to consider whether to indict 2024 GOP frontrunner Donald Trump in connection with alleged attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. If indicted, this would be his fourth this year.

Lawyers who have followed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ investigation, including some who have worked with her in the past, expect her to invoke Georgia’s RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act, which is modeled after the federal act of the same name, according to the Wall Street Journal.

“Signs are certainly pointing in that direction,” said law professor at Georgia State University Anthony Michael Kreis.

Under the RICO Act, if prosecutors show that there is an organization of people committing crimes together on a recurring basis, then members can be prosecuted for the crimes of the group. The federal statute, which the state act is modeled after, was enacted in the 1970s to help take down the mafia.

When Willis launched her investigation in 2021, she retained John Floyd, one of Georgia’s leading experts on racketeering charges, to advise the investigation.

Clint Rucker, a former Fulton County prosecutor who worked closely with Willis on the Atlanta school-cheating case, said the investigation team in the Trump case had been sent to a hotel for a week to study the RICO Act.

" gang case,” said Rucker.

Rucker said he expects Willis to use the RICO Act in the Trump case, as she has already used it with success in the school cheating case.

The list of charges that prosecutors are weighing also includes criminal solicitation to commit election fraud and conspiracy to commit election fraud, as well as solicitation of a public or political officer to fail to perform their duties and solicitation to destroy, deface or remove ballots.

(Excerpt) Read more at thepostmillennial.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 4a; 4thamendment; ballotharvesting; bananarepublic; bradraffensperger; donatedonaldtrump; donatetrump; election; falsecharges; fanniwillis; fourthamendment; fultoncounty; georgia; harassment; persecution; raffensperger; rico; rubyfreeman; tds; trump; uniparty; watermainbreak
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This is nuts! I can't wait to see Rudy Giuliani take this case apart since he went after the mob using RICO.
1 posted on 08/07/2023 2:02:02 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
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To: Macho MAGA Man

That would have been pre-alcohol/wet brain Rudy.


2 posted on 08/07/2023 2:03:01 PM PDT by Clemenza
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To: Macho MAGA Man

3 posted on 08/07/2023 2:03:17 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: Macho MAGA Man

But didn’t that fat water buffalo looking broad do the exact same thing, but for YEARS and YEARS, in fact she might still be claiming she won...


4 posted on 08/07/2023 2:03:50 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Macho MAGA Man

The revolution WILL be televised.


5 posted on 08/07/2023 2:04:55 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I’ve noticed a pattern. Every time they indict Trump, some bad news comes out against the Biden Family the day before.


6 posted on 08/07/2023 2:05:02 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Channeling certain FR posters: “This never would have happened if Trump didn’t run in 2015”


7 posted on 08/07/2023 2:06:25 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Not that it really matters, in Rudy Giuliani’s case, he used Federal RICO laws to put the mafia leaders in jail, this case is using state RICO laws, even though the article said the state laws are modeled after the Federal Laws, I’m sure it has some differences, the article also mentioned this particular prosecutor has successfully used state RICO laws before.


8 posted on 08/07/2023 2:06:25 PM PDT by srmanuel ( )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Blinded by fear and hatred.


9 posted on 08/07/2023 2:07:01 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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Giuliani is just a shell of the lawyer he used to be.


10 posted on 08/07/2023 2:07:31 PM PDT by Reily (!!)
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To: eyeamok

Are you referring to the Ghettopottimus Stacy Abrams?


11 posted on 08/07/2023 2:08:12 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects )
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they always accuse you of exactly what they themselves are guilty of....


12 posted on 08/07/2023 2:08:16 PM PDT by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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The revolution WILL be televised.

Not for long, the mainstream media are double bonus point targets.

13 posted on 08/07/2023 2:09:25 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (The Delay Trump’s trial, delay. Elect Trump President. Trump pardons himself. )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

In other words, another “throw spaghetti at a wall” type of indictment(s)


14 posted on 08/07/2023 2:09:28 PM PDT by unclebankster ( Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel)
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“Fani Willis”

Let me guess. Ghetto trash affirmative action promotion?


15 posted on 08/07/2023 2:09:36 PM PDT by fwdude
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To: Macho MAGA Man

THE DEMOCRAT LEFT UNDER BIDEN AND THE DEEP STATE IS IN REBLLION AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION. THIS IS A TRUE INSURRECTION.


16 posted on 08/07/2023 2:09:50 PM PDT by ZULU (HOOVER, FREEH, MUELLER, COMEY, WRAY, SUCCESSION OF STATIST TRAITORS)
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The Democrats KNOW that the Joe Biden Administration is a complete disaster

ALL OF THIS is about rigging the 2024 election


17 posted on 08/07/2023 2:10:58 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Despicable.
Pure abuse of the legal process by scumbags.


18 posted on 08/07/2023 2:12:13 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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“I’ve noticed a pattern. Every time they indict Trump, some bad news comes out against the Biden Family the day before.”

Trumps attorney explains just that:

VIDEO:
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/08/03/trump_attorney_alina_habba_this_is_election_interference_at_its_finest.html

Trump attorney and spokeswoman Alina Habba told reporters Donald Trump is “under siege” as the former president prepared to face a third arraignment in four months.

ALINA HABBA: The fact that I am standing here for the third time in five months is not a coincidence. This is the Biden political lawfare that we have seen time and time again. It is a deflection from everything they have done. and if you don’t believe me, look at the facts.

On March 17, Hunter accidentally admitted it was his laptop from Hell. The next day, DA Alvin Bragg indicts President Trump.

On June 8, an FBI document is released showing that the Ukrainians paid the Biden crime family millions and millions of dollars. The next day, the Mar-a-Lago raid and the Mar-a-Lago indictment.

Last week, Hunter Biden’s sweetheart plea deal fell through when the judge realized it had blanket immunity. The following day, a superseding indictment against Donald Trump.

July 31, Devon Archer goes to testify in front of the House. That was only after they failed to put him in jail prior to the fact. What happens the next day? The January 6 indictment we are here for today.

This is not a coincidence. This is election interference at its finest against the leading candidate right now for president for either party. President Trmp is under siege in a way we have never seen before. President Trump and his legal team and everyone on his team will continue to fight, not for him, but for the American people.

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I think a witch hunt is really the way that we should describe this because it is not anything we’ve seen in our time. This is not even political, this is beyond that. A witch hunt is when you relentlessly attack your opponent, relentlessly attack the thing you are most afraid of. People are afraid of somebody who can not be ought by Washington. People are afraid of somebody who is independently wealthy and has given up his good life to fight for this country. And that frightens a lot of career politicians because he’ll get back there and fight for every one of us so this doesn’t happen to us.


19 posted on 08/07/2023 2:12:37 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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Once again, the WORTHLESS DOPES IN THE GOP STAND THERE LIKE A DEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS THE GOP HAS PROSECUTORS. START PROSECUTING DEMOCRATS FIR GOD’S SAKES!!!!


20 posted on 08/07/2023 2:12:55 PM PDT by ZULU (HOOVER, FREEH, MUELLER, COMEY, WRAY, SUCCESSION OF STATIST TRAITORS)
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