Who knows the RICO laws? How is the conspiratorial Insurrection attack on the Capitol to attempt

[Baitball Blogger]

to stop an election, different from a bonafide RICO case?

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. RICO cases take far longer to prepare and prosecute than simpler cases

So I’m not sure you know what you’re talking about.

[dem4decades]

11. Don't witnesses need to be interviewed and evidence gathered first?

[Fiendish Thingy]

14. That's what the grand jury has been doing since February. Nt

[Demsrule86]

12. Enlighten us about RICOS...which cases are you referring to...Have you been involved in one?

And I will add, there really is no reason to be disagreeable with other DU'ers because they hold a different opinion than you. Fiendish Thingy is a great Du'er and knows what she is talking about...very well informed.

[Fiendish Thingy]

16. Um, it's "he", but thanks for the compliment

I don’t claim to know that much about RICO, but much of what I know I learned at emptywheel.net , where the experienced lawyers there pounced on commenters suggesting RICO was the best way to prosecute the crimes of the Trump administration.

[Demsrule86]

19. Sorry... I never know for sure if it is a he or she. But you make wonderful posts...

even those I disagree with.

[Demsrule86]

20. My mistake...you have good day too... chuckle.

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. RICO is for prosecuting a repeating pattern of crimes

Such as money laundering. They are some of the most difficult, complex cases to prosecute.

Seditious conspiracy on its own it tough to prosecute, I can’t imagine DOJ would want to make things harder by using RICO unless absolutely necessary.

[brooklynite]

3. First, you have to start with a crime...

then you can potentially add racketeering to it.

Right now, there is evidence that the Oath Keepers/Three percenters/etc. planned the violent attack on the Capital. There MAY be evidence that outsiders like Stone or Flynn were aware or involved. There is NOT public evidence that Trump, his family, the WH staff or the campaign team were involved or knowledgable.

[Hoyt]

7. +1. We do keep finding more and more evidence trump is unfit for office, but that ain't criminal.

[Demsrule86]

6. Please can we just get through the midterms?

People are being convicted as they should be, and I don't think we will ever convict Trump...there will always be a Trump-supporting jurist. The best thing we can do to punish them is to destroy them at the polls in November.

[Hoyt]

8. Exactly, convict them at the polls.

[dem4decades]

13. That's not working.

[Hoyt]

15. Then, that's a problem, especially in a democracy.

[uponit7771]

10. Dems need all the help we can get and top GZP being arrested will no doubt do that (pic)