Posted on Sep 4, 2023
RICO expert explains why Trump is in serious legal trouble in Georgia prosecution
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The Fulton County District Attorney’s charges against former President Donald Trump are likely to stick – and survive any of the likely coming motions to dismiss them – a legal expert and scholar of state and federal racketeering (RICO) laws tells Law&Crime.
Trump is charged along with 18 additional co-defendants in a sprawling, 98-page, 41-count criminal grand jury indictment secured by Fulton County DA Fani Willis (D) on Aug. 14. The 45th president personally faces 13 counts over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
The counts include alleged, forgery, false statements, conspiracy to influence an election, perjury, influencing witnesses, and charges under the Peach State’s homegrown RICO Act over a series of ultimately failed efforts by the ex-president, his lawyers, and other GOP figures, to deny President Joe Biden Georgia’s 16 electoral votes.
Trump is charged along with 18 additional co-defendants in a sprawling, 98-page, 41-count criminal grand jury indictment secured by Fulton County DA Fani Willis (D) on Aug. 14. The 45th president personally faces 13 counts over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
The counts include alleged, forgery, false statements, conspiracy to influence an election, perjury, influencing witnesses, and charges under the Peach State’s homegrown RICO Act over a series of ultimately failed efforts by the ex-president, his lawyers, and other GOP figures, to deny President Joe Biden Georgia’s 16 electoral votes.
RICO expert explains why Trump is in serious legal trouble in Georgia prosecution
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Donald Trump
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Given his more recent rumblings and disintegration it is sinking in!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Etan Mark, an attorney with the Miami-based law firm Mark Migdal & Hayden who has worked, and written, extensively on civil RICO cases, told Law&Crime the details of the Fulton County indictment are strong enough that Trump is likely in severe legal jeopardy.
“The Georgia indictment reminds me of the saying, ‘When you shoot at the king, you better not miss,'” Mark told Law&Crime – referencing a sentiment first noted by Ralph Waldo Emerson and later popularized by the character Omar Little on HBO’s hit series The Wire. “The charges against Trump will survive dismissal. The charges are detailed and particularized, as RICO indictments must be, and their underpinnings are simple: it’s illegal to try to overturn an election, and any actions taken in furtherance of that scheme constitute predicate acts under RICO.”...
..."Etan Mark, an attorney with the Miami-based law firm Mark Migdal & Hayden who has worked, and written, extensively on civil RICO cases, told Law&Crime the details of the Fulton County indictment are strong enough that Trump is likely in severe legal jeopardy.
“The Georgia indictment reminds me of the saying, ‘When you shoot at the king, you better not miss,'” Mark told Law&Crime – referencing a sentiment first noted by Ralph Waldo Emerson and later popularized by the character Omar Little on HBO’s hit series The Wire. “The charges against Trump will survive dismissal. The charges are detailed and particularized, as RICO indictments must be, and their underpinnings are simple: it’s illegal to try to overturn an election, and any actions taken in furtherance of that scheme constitute predicate acts under RICO.”...
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