As the public defense. John got eat never even had for indictments at once. Theyre worried they cant beat him in the ballot box. Tonight sweeping rico charges for the ex president and his foot soldiers. No laws were written for any organization that turns itself into a criminal ongoing organization. Involving legal strategies for the maga inner circle. Great a get a great criminal defense lead lawyer. Youre gonna. Get late filing for mark meadows to move the Fulton County charges to Federal Court and which of the four criminal trials of Donald Trumps most important. Which will go to trial first . I did everything right and they indicted me. When all in starts, right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Tonight we are processing the aftermath of the latest sweeping indictment of donald trump, delivered by a Georgia Grand Jury less than 24 hours ago, announced last evening. Fulton County District attorney fani willis accuses the ex president of being involved in a criminal en
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
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