Giuliani made groundbreaking use of racketeering laws when he was a federal prosecutor in the 1980s. Now, he faces a similar charge himself along with former President Trump.
— a violation of Georgia's RICO Act — for allegedly taking part in a conspiracy with then-President Donald Trump and others in a bid to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.Aug. 15, 2023The state law is based on federal RICO law, which Congress passed in 1970 to combat organized crime.when he was the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Giuliani used the law — which allows a variety of crimes to be tied together into a single racketeering charge — to take down the leadership of the city's"Five Families," organized crime families that operated across the country. The indictment charged that their leadership was essentially a"board of directors" for the Mafia and had engaged in murders, extortion and loan sharking..
His success led to more widespread application of the law, which is often used against violent street gangs and other criminal enterprises. Georgia's version of the law has also become a favorite tool of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who brought the case against Trump and Giuliani. In a prominent example, Willis used the state law, which has been around since the 1980s, to prosecute public school educators involved in a cheating scandal a decade ago, when she was a deputy in the office she now leads.
She has used it in numerous cases since she became district attorney in 2021, including an ongoing case against the rapper
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