and there were several organized crime figures indicted by giuliani under rico. >> it is a very sad day to see somebody who was such a pioneer using this very statute to show how it can be used being on the receiving end of it right now. >> reporter: throughout this investigation, donald trump and his allies have vehemently denied any wrongdoing. rudy giuliani is calling this indictment in georgia, quote, an affront to american democracy and he says the real criminals are the people who have brought the case forward. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> for more, let's bring in a former prosecutor. jeremy, based on what you have read, do you feel fani willis has a strong legal basis for rico charges? >> absolutely. people should should not conflate rico solely with mafia-related prosecution or charge.
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outcome of georgia's election result. in a statement, trump attorneys call monday's events shocking and absurd. among the 18 others charged in the 41 count indictment, several trump lawyers, including rigidly one and former white house chief of staff mark meadows. giuliani is now reacting to the indictment, calling it, quote, an affront to american democracy. fulton county district paternity fani willis says that she will try all 19 defendants together and says that they must surrender to george authorities by friday, august 25th. here is what she had to say when asked about a trial date. >> for what is the timetable for the trial? as you know, in this jurisdiction, trials are set by the judges and so it will be the judge that sets the date of the trial. this office will be submitting a proposed scheduling order within this week, however that
most powerful dons. >> used it against the mafia commission. basically breaking up the five families. going after the bosses themselves. >> reporter: notorious, violent bosses like fat tony salerno, and carmine junior persico of the columbo family, among several organized crime figures indicted by rudy giuliani under rico. >> it's a very sad day to see somebody who was such a pioneer using this very statute to show how it can be used being on the receiving end of it right now. >> reporter: throughout this investigation, donald trump and his allies have vehemently denied any wrongdoing. rudy giuliani is calling the indictment in georgia "an affront to american democracy" and he says the real criminals are the people who have brought this case forward. >> brian todd reporting, thanks for that report. let's get more on trump's alleged coconspirators, including rudy giuliani. tom foreman is at the magic wall. rudy giuliani played a very