Threatening the judge in the 2020 federal elections subversion case. Also, georgia d a fani willis, as a trial date for donald trump, it is alleged coconspirators. How will it fit with the other three criminal trials hes facing in the middle of a president ial campaign . Plus, a live report from maui, where the governor says the death toll has risen in probably over 1000 people could still be missing. Good evening, thanks for joining us. We begin with two pieces of Breaking News tonight. The first, weve just learned, of charges in texas connected with alleged threats against judge chutkan, obviously presiding over the 2020 Election Subversion Trial of the former president. According to the court filing, the woman who lives in alvin, texas left a threatening, racist, bigoted voice mail for judge chutkan on august 5th. Allegedly saying if trump doesnt get elected, quote, were coming to kill you, tread lightly. And then a curse. She allegedly continued, quote, youll be targeted personally
Enterprise. and it s run by a boss. and these henchmen do these things. they re all responsible. giuliani, how did he use that. was he the first to do it against the mauve? it s a great question. anderson, robert blaikie was sitting there writing this law, trying to figure out how to make it interesting, because it s complicated, he was watching the edward g robinson movie, little caesars, in the end he screaming, is this the end of rico? rico, we ll call it rico. and then he had to fit the words to actually fit the letter. that s amazing. racketeering, influence, corrupt organization. it sounds awkward because it is. the acronym came before the word. the point is, it sat dormant for ten years, from 1970 to the late 70s in the 70, eight 79, 1980. giuliani revolutionized it.
How, in your, experience as a prosecutor, benefit from arreola. you know, the rico law was written by robert blaikie. a professor at notre dame law school who is trying to with cases involving organized crime in the mob where the boss was insulated from all the crimes, which were done by the people at the bottom of the middle. he said, what about we charge the organization. so the organization is the enterprise, and anybody who works within the enterprise, including those who run it, are equally guilty. for all the enterprises crimes. so, rico gave prosecutors a way to tell a story to a jury that this is about a corrup t