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The RICO act. What it says
Posted on 8/16/23 at 6:57 am
Posted on 8/16/23 at 6:57 am
How in the world could anyone indict Trump and his associates under this?!
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Posted on 8/16/23 at 7:02 am to Revelator
Sounds like Joe and Hunter.
Posted on 8/16/23 at 7:06 am to Revelator
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affecting interstate or foreign commerce
Elections are politics not commerce.
Dismiss the case.
Posted on 8/16/23 at 7:06 am to mark65mc
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Sounds like Joe and Hunter.
beat me to it.
Why would Stink Finger Joe and the Crackhead need Shell Companies?
What sort of product and goods were they selling to receive Millions of Dollars from people in foreign Countries governments?
Posted on 8/16/23 at 7:07 am to Revelator
RICO is supposed to be used against the mafia. Prosecutors have abused their power and used it against others.
Posted on 8/16/23 at 7:09 am to Revelator
Because a hotel room was rented to hold a meeting and people were asked to watch a tv channel viewing of interest. Furthermore someone wants to be president that they are scared of
Posted on 8/16/23 at 7:11 am to Auburn80
Wow, they went after Operation Rescue with RICO charges. I'd love to know the details of that. Geez.
Seems like you could go after BLM real easy with RICO charges, right?
Seems like you could go after BLM real easy with RICO charges, right?
This post was edited on 8/16/23 at 7:12 am
Posted on 8/16/23 at 7:17 am to TrueTiger
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Elections are politics not commerce
Well he's citing the federal law and Georgia is relying on its state version which I'm sure does not have that requirement
Even federally interstate commerce is almost everything though
Posted on 8/16/23 at 7:21 am to SlowFlowPro
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Even federally interstate commerce is almost everything though
If politics is commerce then RICO should at some point violate the first Amendment.
Posted on 8/16/23 at 7:24 am to Revelator
inb4 Hank/SFP shows up to tell you how wrong you are and that THIS is how it is. 
Posted on 8/16/23 at 7:25 am to TrueTiger
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If politics is commerce then RICO should at some point violate the first Amendment.
RICO statutes should be unconstitutional regardless.
But what Trump and his co-Defendants are accused of doing isn't just "politics". There are specific allegations of fraudulent behaviors, which provide the predicate felonies for RICO.
Posted on 8/16/23 at 7:25 am to Godfather1
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inb4 Hank/SFP shows up to tell you how wrong you are and that THIS is how it is
He could start by posting the GA statute on RICO and not the inapplicable federal version
Posted on 8/16/23 at 7:27 am to SlowFlowPro
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There are specific allegations of fraudulent behaviors, which provide the predicate felonies for RICO.
Such as?
Posted on 8/16/23 at 7:27 am to SlowFlowPro
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He could start by posting the GA statute on RICO and not the inapplicable federal version
And there it is.
Like the sun coming up in the morning/going down at night.
This post was edited on 8/16/23 at 7:28 am
Posted on 8/16/23 at 7:28 am to SlowFlowPro
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There are specific allegations of fraudulent behaviors
specific fraud = bad
general fraud (like politicians use) = OK
Posted on 8/16/23 at 7:31 am to Godfather1
Here is the applicable GA stautte:
The entire RICO statutes are here
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Universal Citation: GA Code § 16-14-4 (2021)
It shall be unlawful for any person, through a pattern of racketeering activity or proceeds derived therefrom, to acquire or maintain, directly or indirectly, any interest in or control of any enterprise, real property, or personal property of any nature, including money.
It shall be unlawful for any person employed by or associated with any enterprise to conduct or participate in, directly or indirectly, such enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity.
It shall be unlawful for any person to conspire or endeavor to violate any of the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this Code section. A person violates this subsection when:
He or she together with one or more persons conspires to violate any of the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this Code section and any one or more of such persons commits any overt act to effect the object of the conspiracy; or
He or she endeavors to violate any of the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this Code section and commits any overt act to effect the object of the endeavor.
The entire RICO statutes are here
Posted on 8/16/23 at 7:32 am to TrueTiger
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specific fraud = bad
general fraud (like politicians use) = OK
No no. Specific fraud = required for the statute.
I have no idea what "general fraud" even is.
Posted on 8/16/23 at 7:32 am to SlowFlowPro
You just can’t help yourself.
Posted on 8/16/23 at 7:34 am to SlowFlowPro
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Here is the applicable GA stautte:
So just like the federal RICO statutes, it sounds like this one was designed to go after organized crime, not people who challenge elections.
Posted on 8/16/23 at 7:35 am to SlowFlowPro
This is what lots of people hate about the law. It’s written by lawyers, so only lawyers can understand it, and so that lawyers can use the same law and say it means two diametrically opposed things.
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