Judge Tosses Six Counts In Trump’s Georgia RICO Case - TPM – Talking Points Memo

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As a matter of fact, I did call this out in real time.

Fani Willis Lowers The Boom On Donald Trump In Massive Indictment

And I plan to dive into them in the days ahead. So far, I’m not particularly impressed with the application of the charges to the conduct. She doesn’t even identify what oaths they’re supposed to have been seeking to get Raffensperger and other officials to violate, much less how the asks would have violated them.

ETA: Further correct analysis of how weak this indictment is here.

Fani Willis Lowers The Boom On Donald Trump In Massive Indictment

GEORGIA RICO Fat Boy is charged with conspiracy to do the RICO under subsection c of Ga. Code § 16-14-4. That incorporates subsections (a) and (b). Here’s the whole thing: Subsection (a) doesn’t seem to fit, and isn’t alleged, because Fat Boy and his co-conspirators were not seeking to acquire “any interest in or control of any enterprise, real property, or personal property of any nature, including money” in carrying out their electoral fraud. You could maybe see the Executive Branch as t…