Everyone. Before 9 11 and, of course, before becoming trumps wing man, a man by the name of Rudy Giuliani made his name from putting mobsters behind bars. He did so, i might add, using the very same laws that are being used against him now. Two decades ago we he actually wrote in his book on leadership, and im quoting, here i dreamed up the tactic of using the federal racketeer influence and corruptions act to prosecute the mafia leadership. Unquote. Otherwise known as rico, for those following along. At the time, the law actually was relatively new. The giuliani, he popularized it making it the model for state and federal prosecutors for decades to come when it comes to large groups attempting a type of conspiracy, including, i might add, fani willis. The Fulton County d. A. Is now charging Rudy Giuliani with several crimes for his efforts to allegedly overturn the election, including racketeering. Now, the rico laws, something that he has, well, he has championed for years. The upper
wednesday. my next guest has a new column arguing that it just got a whole lot likelier. daily beast columnist matt lewis joins me now, he s also the author of the new book filthy rich politicians. matt lewis, nice to see you here on this evening. listen, i bet fox news hopes you are right because they definitely would like him to be on that debate stage. i m not sure the other candidates, on the one hand want him to be there, but they know that it will be a bigger draw. he s been playing coy, to say the least, over his plans. why do you think that this would be something that is more likely now? well, first of all, you have serious people wanting to talk about law staff and prosecutors and as a political pundit, we re obsessed with things like debates. so this is been a big question for a long time. will donald trump show up to the debate and it s hard to tell because he likes drama.
he attacked the justice department and jack smith on social media just yesterday. i want to share what andrew weissmann said about his actions. if he is indicted in d.c., d.c. has as part of its standing order, free press fair trial rules. that limit what a defendant can say that could taint a jury. this kind of conduct and these statements would violate those rules. glenn, you have tried cases in d.c.. could donald trump, the former president running for reelection face a gag order? he could face a gag order. and if anybody cares about equal application of the rules of law staff, we actually have a remedy for a defendant who threatens prosecutors and judges and witnesses. it is called pretrial detention. now people might call me crazy.
in d. c.. could donald trump, the former president running for reelection face a gag order? he could face a gag order. and if anybody cares about equal application of the rules of law staff, we actually have a remedy for a defendant who threatens prosecutors and judges and witnesses. it is called pretrial detention. now people might call me crazy. but, the law provides that if somebody pending a criminal trial is a danger to the community, to others, two witnesses. and the prosecution can prove that by clear and convincing evidence then the defendant can and should be detained pending trial. that is the law. i would venture to say that of all of the defendants pending criminal trials across all jurisdictions of the united states, donald trump is the most dangerous. does that mean that they will
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