Reporter Sareen Habeshian of Axios found that “a legal tool normally reserved for the Mafia and organized crime” may be used by prosecutors in Georgia who claim former President Donald Trump attempted to overturn the 2020 election.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has reportedly tried to keep this plan quiet. Georgia’s expansive racketeering law, known as RICO, allows prosecutors to string together crimes committed by different people toward one common goal.
In other words, critics say there is no evidence that Trump himself did anything wrong, but left-wing prosecutors want to claim others acted on Trump’s behalf. This overly convoluted strategy requires mental gymnastics, which ultimately reveals the true desperation of Democrats who hope to stop Trump’s 2024 White House bid. (Poll: Do You Stand With Trump Despite Multiple Criminal Indictments? VOTE)
JUST NOW: Before leaving Iowa, Donald Trump tells reporters he will never take a plea deal, specifically in Georgia.
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“Willis is expected to present her case to a grand jury early this week,” Habeshian writes. “Two potential witnesses, including a former Georgia lieutenant governor, said they were asked to appear on Tuesday.”
“Willis will likely invoke RICO when she presents her case to the grand jury, legal experts say.”
A RICO case will be extremely difficult for lawyers because it’s difficult to develop a coherent trial strategy.
Anthony Michael Kreis, a law professor at Georgia State University, said prosecutors will need to rely on co-defendants who seek deals in return for new evidence. “The defendants who are left standing without plea deals and grants of immunity may especially feel squeezed as the process goes on,” Kreis said. (Trending: Democrat Threatens To Leave Party In Scathing Statement)
“Any time they file an indictment, we go way up in the polls,” Trump told a crowd in Montgomery, Ala in early August following his third indictment.
“We need one more indictment to close out this election. One more indictment, and this election is closed out,” Trump said.
Critics say Democrats are pursuing politically motivated criminal indictments in order to cause election interference as Trump is the 2024 Republican Party frontrunner. The possibility of charges in Georgia would be Trump’s fourth indictment.
Democrat District Attorney Fani Willis of Fulton County appears set on “moving forward with a grand jury presentation where she’s expected to seek charges against more than a dozen people stemming from her investigation into the efforts to overturn the 2020 election.” (Poll: Do You Trust the Biden Family? VOTE)
Republican Geoff Duncan, former Georgia Lt. Governor, and independent journalist George Chidi have been called to testify as grand jury witnesses. Both appear to be political bias toward Democrats based on statements in the media.
Duncan claims Trump’s 2020 election activities in Georgia were “dangerous and pathetic.” Georgia prosecutors claim Trump attempted to overturn his loss in the Peach State. They claim to have evidence connecting Trump’s team to a 2021 voting system breach.
In Iowa, Trump told reporters he will never take a plea deal in Georgia. “Is there any chance you take a plea deal in Georgia?” a reporter is heard asking Trump.
“We did nothing wrong,” Trump responded. “We don’t ever take a plea deal. We don’t take plea deals. It’s a wise guy question. We don’t take plea deals because we did nothing wrong,” he added. “It’s called election interference.”
