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I keep seeing references to RICO in the Trump Georgia stuff. What is it and how is it relevant to that case?

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[–] ProfessorScience@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Basically RICO allows the government to go after the leaders of an organization for a pattern of criminal activity, rather than just going after the members for individual acts. It was created to make it easier to prosecute the Mafia and other organized crime.