On to director, and nancy ward, from california. Governors office of emergency services. Thank you, courtney. I am nancy ward, director of the california Governors Office of emergency services. We are here today because california is threatened by what could be one of the most devastating storms weve had Hit California in more than a decade. Make no mistake, this very, dangerous and significant storm. Heavy rainfall, strong winds associated with this storm began today already and will be felt well beyond the center of the storm entering california. I have been in near Constant Contact with governor newsom. He has pretty much told us to lean as far forward in coordinating and reassuring. We can respond as quickly as we possibly can. The State Senator beyond means being pushed 24 7 to coordinate those resource requests from the local stakeholders and counties, communities, across the southern part of the state to ensure that no needs are unmet in those areas. The state has the best train
Legal experts tonight. Were discussing rico is a powerful charge because it is so broad. It is one of the broadest laws in the nation, the way georgia uses it, as the Washington Post explains, because prosecutors can weave together alleged crimes, violations of state and federal laws, activities in other states, the law as this d. A. Knows well, does not require a defendant to set foot in georgia to be charged. Why . Because rico is that broad, you do need, of course, something to happen in the state, in georgia, but you could be a person who stayed out of state. Maybe youre a busy coconspirator. Maybe youre a coward and send other people to do things for you. Under the Georgia State rico statute, a long as some people have committed these crimes of some kind inside the state, other people can be looped in. Thats one of the ways d. A. Willis came out with this strong, broad set of charges last night rounding up these 19 defendants. Theyre not all Household Names. I want to show you def
if you let this case drag on and every motion has to be heard with every defendant and every defense counsel present, it would take a lot of time and a lot of money by these defendants. i m not surprised some of them are saying let s get this over with and get it over quickly. on readiness, do you feel district attorney fani willis is ready, with an opportunity, to move all those cases sooner rather than later? certainly, fredicka. i know fani. she s had 2.5 years to prepare. she s ready to take this case before a fulton county jury as quickly as possible. the georgia rico statute is much broader than the federal statute. how does this in your view empower the district attorney, fani willis, as you know her well? very much so. i prosecuted the first corrupt public official in georgia, one of our georgia sheriffs, under
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steal the race? ari, i prosecuted the first corrupt public official in georgia under the georgia rico statute, and we got a conviction. there was a sheriff who we convicted of rico and murder. this statute is the most powerful weapon in a prosecutor s arsenal. because as you have just illustrated, not only can you bring in the crimes that occurred in georgia under the georgia statute, you can bring in crimes that occurred in other states and federal crimes. that s why jack smith probably did not use the federal statute. it s not as broad as the georgia statute, and with this statute, there are 160 overt acts that are alleged in the rico statute. the prosecutor only has to prove two of them to prove the rico charge. professor? again, this is a really broad and sweeping statute. the georgia statute is more expansive than most state rico