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[quote=Anonymous]https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-trump-probe-looks-a-lot-like-a-rico-investigation

[quote]Referring to a cooperator as a “rat,” President [b]Trump sometimes sounds like a mob boss[/b]. He may ultimately be prosecuted like one, too.

While some reports say that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation is winding down, it appears that another investigation is just gearing up. According to reports in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, a [b]grand jury in the Southern District of New York recently issued a subpoena[/b] to the Trump inaugural committee, seeking documents relating to donors and spending. According to reports, the subpoena indicates that prosecutors are[b] investigating conspiracy against the United States, false statements, mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering and violations of campaign finance and inaugural committee laws.[/b] In addition, CNN has reported that federal prosecutors in Manhattan have [b]expressed interest in interviewing executives from the Trump Organization[/b].

It is impossible to know exactly what the federal prosecutors in Manhattan are investigating, but the [b]wide array of crimes brings to mind[/b] a case that was prosecuted in Detroit when I served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and several of his associates were convicted under the [b]Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act[/b], also known as RICO.

RICO is a statute that was passed in 1970 to prosecute organized crime. Until then, [b]mob bosses would often insulate themselves from criminal exposure by directing underlings to commit crimes[/b]. [b]In response, Congress enacted RICO[/b], which, among other things, makes it a crime for any person associated with an enterprise to participate, directly or indirectly, in the conduct of the enterprise’s affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity. Pattern of racketeering activity is defined as two or more acts from a list of criminal offenses, such as mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering, some of the very same crimes that SDNY prosecutors are reportedly now investigating. The [b]penalties for violating RICO are heavy–up to 20 years in prison and forfeiture of the proceeds[/b] of the racketeering activity.[/quote]

Excited. Would not be wonderful if the Trumps are convicted in RICO act, jailed and all their asset forfeited! That would be a godd pay back to put the country through chaos for 2/3 years. Rooting for the good to prevail over evil![/quote]

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