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A District Attorney opened a criminal complaint into Trump s attempts to overturn the election.
Racketeering is usually associated with mob activity but can be applied to many illegal schemes.
A newly elected district attorney in Georgia is looking into potential racketeering charges against former President Donald Trump s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, for his repeated false claims of election fraud, The New York Times reported.
Fani Willis, the district attorney in Fulton County, said the racketeering charge could be applied to anyone who makes overt acts using a legal entity for an illegal purpose. In this case, it would apply because the former president and his allies pressured Georgia officials to change the election outcome.
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Na Poâe Kokua, a Maui-based Native Hawaiian housing advocacy group, filed a whistleblower complaint Thursday against Bank of America, calling it a âlast warningâ for the bank to uphold its commitment to make $150 million in home loans available on Hawaiian Home Lands. Na Poâe Kokua said the next step would be a federal lawsuit. AP file photo
A Maui-based Native Hawaiian housing advocacy organization on Thursday filed a whistleblower complaint that it called the “last warning” for Bank of America to uphold a long-standing commitment to make $150 million in home loans available on Hawaiian Home Lands.
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