“A legal tool normally reserved for the Mafia and organized crime could make former President Trump’s next potential indictment his most damaging,” Axios reports.
“Georgia’s expansive racketeering law — known as RICO — gives prosecutors a powerful tool to pursue charges in their investigation into Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election.”
“The law — inspired by federal statutes with the same name — allows prosecutors to string together crimes committed by different people toward one common goal.”
The Hill: How a Georgia Trump indictment would differ from the federal Jan. 6 case.
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