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
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.
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. increasing sophistication. and said the georgia legislature made their request last tougher than the ones that the feds were using. for instance, for federal prosecutors to charge someone under rico, they have to show that person is part of a larger criminal organization that has usually been around for sometime. the georgia rico law is much broader. prosecutors in georgia don t have to show that somebody is part of a large criminal operation. the georgia definition of criminal ente