georgia s rico law. federal rico allegations need to show continuity, meaning a series of related acts over an extended period, not necessarily just a few weeks or months. georgia supreme court has made it clear that there is no such requirement in state law. in addition, georgia also establishes that false statements or writings is a predicate act for racketeering. so trump s phone calls to officials in georgia, for example, would not be predicate crimes under federal leak ricotta loss, but could be under georgia s laws. and i think that last point is particularly important. when you look to the federal law, and you look to the list of crimes that qualify, and then when you look to the georgia law, which is 16 14.3. when you look to the actual list of crimes, it is much, much broader under georgia law. and the false statement in particular is important. everyone remembers that phone call that the president made to the secretary of state,
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