And thank you to you at home for joining us this evening. Donald trumps fourth criminal indictment, number four appears to be buffets away. Nbc news is now reporting that Fulton County District Attorney fani willis is expected to present her case to the grand jury next week. We know the d. A. Willis has been investigating trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. Her investigation appears to have quite a bit in common with the federal case being brought by Special Counsel jack smith in washington, d. C. The case in georgia may prove to be different than dak smiths case in one very meaningful way. To understand that, we have to go back to 1979. The City Of Atlanta was experiencing an unprecedented wave of crimes. It wasnt Nbc Nightly News in august of that year. During the First Six Months of the year, crime and atlanta was up 30 . Robbery and aggravated assault were upset many percent. Murder was up to. Atlanta has had 140 homicides the, highest total since 1973. That wa
Ill see at the end of Donald Trumps fourth criminal indictment, number four appears to be days away. Nbc news is now reporting that Voting Congress returning fani willis is expected to present her case to the grand jury next week. We know the d. A. Willis has been investigating trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. Her investigation appears to have quite a bit in common with the federal case being brought by Special Counsel jack smith in washington, d. C. The case in georgia may prove to be different than dak smith s case in one very meaningful way. To understand that, we have to go back to 1979. The City Of Atlanta was experiencing an unprecedented wave of crimes. It wasnt Nbc Nightly News in august of that year. During the First Six Months of the year, crime and atlanta was up 30 . Robbery and aggravated assault were upset many percent. Murder was up to. Atlanta has had 140 homicides the, highest total since 1973. That was the way that the National Media was talkin
York times that same month. atlanta fearing for national reputation, mounting urgent fight on the crime. but same year the georgia governor sent state troopers to atlanta after a wall street journal story suggested that the city s crime wave might undermine attempts to drug business to the state. state lawmakers started passing tough and harsh new policies to try and crack down on crime. next, year 1980, georgia lawmakers decided that one of the ways they could deal with the rising crime was to adopt a new rico statute. you might have heard the phrase rico used in conjunction with famous mafia cases. it refers to the racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act, are ico. it is a federal law that the department of justice uses to go after organized crime. during the 19 80s, a young u. s. attorney by the name of rudy giuliani was making a name for himself prosecuting mafia members under federal rico laws. put a pin in that one because we are going to come back to
Famous mafia cases. it refers to the racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act, are ico. it is a federal law that the department of justice uses to go after organized crime. during the 19 80s, a young u.s. attorney by the name of rudy giuliani was making a name for himself prosecuting mafia members under federal rico laws. put a pin in that one because we are going to come back to rudy and rico a little bit later. anyways, down in georgia, the rico statute that they were crafting was different than the one that giuliani was using after the mafia dons. the legal scholar told the new yorker that they created the reconstitute in 1980, first to target the mafia, and then black street gangs and non traditional conspiracies. at the time, georgia s predominantly white state assembly said that they needed the new rico law to address the increasing sophistication of various criminal elements.