attorney for the eastern district of michigan, currently law professor at the university of michigan. and devlin merits here, a law enforcement reporter. thanks to both of you for time tonight. barbara, it s a great piece, but for our viewers, detail the crimes that donald trump could or should be investigated for? at this point, of course, doj should just begin investigating. there is enough evidence in the public domain to suggest any number of crimes that have been committed. number one, conspiracy to defraud the united states. this sometimes as you referred to as a client conspiracy, and it s one of the things that robert mueller charge against the internet research agency, obstructing the administration of government, in this case, congress and certifying the vote. number two, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. that is a charge that has been laid against some of the protesters there that day. a possibly even rico which is the organized crime statute, using the pres
in the public dedomain to suggest any number of crimes that have been committed. number one, conspiracy to defraud the united states. it s one of the things robert mueller charged against the internet research agency, obstructing the administration of government. in this case congress in certifying the vote. number two, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. that is a charge that has been laid against some of the protesters there that day. possibly even rico, which is the organized crime statute, using the president s office as the machinery to engage in other crimes that are called racketeering acts. those could include extortion, and the rico statute permits both federal extortion acts, could be these pressures on rosen as well as state crimes. so it could be these pressures extended against the secretary of state of georgia. the big cuhoona would be seditious conspiracy or inciting insurrection. i don t know whether the evidence will go that far.
it s one of the things robert mueller charged against the internet research agency, obstructing the administration of government. in this case congress in certifying the vote. number two, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. that is a charge that has been h laid against some of the protesters there that day. possibly even rico, which is the organized crime statute, using the president s office as the machinery to engage in other crimes that are called racketeering acts.rsvenier those could include extortion, and the rico statute permits both federal extortion acts, could be these pressures on rosen as well as state crimes. so it could be these pressures extended against the secretary of state of georgia. the big kahuna would be seditious conspiracy or inciting insurrection. i don t know whether the evidence will go that far. and then there s some smaller sw charges like voter fraud and commanding a federal employee to violate the hatch act. but all of those things need tor be
legal jeopardy that donald trump and others around him face either in new york state from the attorney general or from the brooklyn d.a. s office or the manhattan d.a. s office. this concept of an organized crime statute being applied to the trump organization is certainly new to me. it s an interesting option and when you summon a special grand jury like cy vance has, it means you re considering a lot of different charges. rico and new york s rico statute are interesting possibilities. they allow prosecutors to present all sorts of evidence that might not come in for trial as they evaluate and consider his conduct. let s talk about what this is for a moment. you and i remember rico from the old days, but we don t hear about it that much. we don t think about it this
conspiracy of frau ad and bribe. so in order to facilitate cheating. people are sort of focused on the angle of this. they are being charged under what is called the corrupt organizations act. it is known as rico. it is an organized crime statute. what federal law enforcement used it for there are lots of parts in order to charge all of those individuals in this case as part of a single conspiracy. what do we know about the conspiracy involving the parents including the celebrities? het me say this having just gone through this i can tell you why it was so wrong. we work with our children and