Rudy Giuliani's RICO Origin Story Is as Fake as His Hair Color
He claims he came up with the idea of using the statute against the mob. Not so, say two other crime-busters.
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He claims he came up with the idea of using the statute against the mob. Not so, say two other crime-busters.
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyWhen a Georgia grand jury indicted Rudy Giuliani along with Donald Trump and 17 others this week, the irony that he was charged under the state version of a federal racketeering law was widely noted.The prosecutor-turned-mayor-turned-MAGA lackey had wielded the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute to become a famous mob-buster. And now he was being accused of violating a similar law in a bungled attempt to overtur