What is RICO and how does a law against mobsters apply to Trump in his Georgia election-tampering case?By Snejana Farberov
August 15, 2023
These Dons now have something notorious in common.
Former President Donald Trump has been charged with alleged election-tampering in Georgia under an anti-organized crime law known as RICO — a statute once famously used to finally nail New York City’s “Teflon Don” John Gotti, the late head of the Gambino crime family.
The federal RICO — or Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations — Act was adopted in 1970 and since then states, like Georgia, have gone on to pass their own version of the law.
More sweeping than its federal counterpart, the Peach State’s RICO law, under which Trump and 18 associates are now charged, makes it a crime to participate in, acquire or maintain control of an “enterprise” through a “pattern of racketeering activity” or to conspire to do so. Notably, the alleged plot does not have to have been successful for a RICO charge to stick.
Here are some of the most high-profile RICO cases:
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https://nypost.com/2023/08/15/what-is-rico-and-how-does-it-apply-to-donald-trump/
