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Shes used it before and she studied it very hard. and thats all very important. when you have these types of statutes that are unique you want to make sure that you can anticipate all the motions and all the defenses that will be brought up against them. now, the original rico statute, the racketeering statute, was a federal one. it exists. it was created to address really organized crime. where you had a cop oh you had the head of the organized crime family. the reason the rico statues was brou...

Institute of hunter college. its great to have all of you with us to start off this hour. carol i will start with you you heard my intro there into fani willis. she is reportedly planning to charge multiple people, it gives us a sense of might what she might be charging them with including the form of racketeering rico charges, or so-called rico laws require prosecutors that a group of people conspired to take part in organized criminal activity. give me your thoughts on this as a possible legal...

So, this, georgia has statutes that are very favorable to someone who is seeking to bring a racketeering charge. it defines it broadly, more broadly then the federal law is defined. >> now, what is the defense strategy for trumps legal team, in your opinion? >> well, lets take a look at the phone call that trump made to brad raffensperger. a lot of folks have focused on the, find me 11,000 votes. almost immediately before and after that, he said something to the effect of, we won this election. ...

Is in. its a sham. , its sweiss himself is getting a sweetheart deal because he can now drag this out, let more statutes run. he could pretend to do an inves investigation, but now he doesnt have to answer any questiondoesns from congress about his own obstruction and suspectet d lies that he wag dumb enough to put in writing. so, you know, hunter biden tonight must be doing cartwheels. he nottoin only rich, but he go away with it. sean, you know, i agre away we t with you, its a sham. >> its a ...

Justice and government officials, it is okay to ignore the rule of law. it is okay to ignore statutes, it is okay to ignore the constitution. that puts us in a very diverse place in my judgment. i think in the judgment of many. many other americans, not just republicans in this country. >> mister attorney general, theres an interesting article op-ed by jack goldsmith who was the white house counsel in the bush administration. you may have read it, he is critical of the department of justice, the...

People under rico statutes. here she was in a planned press conference last year speaking about an unrelated case. >> i am a fan of rico. of told people that. the reason ive told that is because i think the jurors are very intelligent. they want to know the whole story. they want to know what happened. they want to make an accurate decision about somebodys life. rico is a tool that allows a prosecutors office and law enforcement to tell the entire story. >> im a fan of rico, rico is a

Smith. >> but we dont know if any changes or charges the danny willis is bringing in her case, but we know some hints. for instance, -- d.a. willis brought in some help. some help from in named jon floyd who is considered an expert in georgias rico law. she brought in the rico guy. there is that. d.a. willis has also very publicly professed her preference for charging the people under rico statutes. here she was in a planned press conference last year speaking about an unrelated case. >> i am a ...

Only real deadline for a state to complete, any state to complete the count of electoral votes of a presidential election is, quote, before congresss parents to count the votes on january 6th. as professor tribe explained here, last night, in our breaking news environment, he did, in a harvard law review, point out of the state of florida, specifically that one state of florida, does not have a lot of it specifies when the electoral votes must be counted in florida. in a harvard law review artic...

To prosecute them in a way that no federal prosecutor can, not even special counsel jack smith. now, we dont know what if any changes or charges d.a. willis is planning to in her case, but we do have some hints. for instance back at the start of this investigation, d.a. willis brought in some help. some help from a man named john floyd who is considered an expert in georgias rico law. she brought in the rico guy so theres that. d.a. willis has also publicly professed her preference for charging ...

Many of his associates. weve learned it goes very deep, very wide, in some cases across the state and multiple story lines learned itself to the concept of a racketeering charge as well. >> its just so remarkable we know so much before we read the indictment. a big part will be walking us through this chapter by chapter, but we already understand. we already have the tape that we have heard ad nauseam. i mean, it is going to be amazing to sit down with that indictment and almost see what more th...