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@CatsChocolates @100FrogLegs @carrybeyond Recap <thread>: h/t @CatsChocolates
Mar 6, 2021: @clearing_fog @satirehat
1/ If she [Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis] pursues racketeering charges, Willis will need to prove a pattern of corruption by Trump, alone or w/his allies... (con't)
reuters.com/article/us-usa…

@CatsChocolates @100FrogLegs @carrybeyond @clearing_fog @satirehat 2/ ...aimed at overturning the election results to stay in power. While racketeering is typically pursued by prosecutors in cases involving such crimes as murder, kidnapping, and bribery, the Georgia statute defines racketeering more broadly to include false statements... (con't)

@CatsChocolates @100FrogLegs @carrybeyond @clearing_fog @satirehat 3/ ...made to state officials."
"Racketeering, a felony in GA, can carry stiff penalties including up to 20 years in prison and a hefty fine. 'There are not a lot of people who avoid serving prison time on a racketeering offense,' said [Cathy] Cox [dean of Mercer University’s...

@CatsChocolates @100FrogLegs @carrybeyond @clearing_fog @satirehat 4/ ...law school in Macon, Georgia and a former Georgia secretary of state]."
"'If Donald Trump engaged in two or more acts that involve false statements - that were made knowingly and willfully in an attempt to falsify material fact, like the election results... (con't)

@CatsChocolates @100FrogLegs @carrybeyond @clearing_fog @satirehat 5/ ...- then you can piece together a violation of the racketeering act.'”
"Willis’ office has indicated it is also examining efforts to influence the election by Trump’s allies, including a Nov [2020] phone call made by Republican Senator 👉Lindsey Graham👈 to Raffensperger...

@CatsChocolates @100FrogLegs @carrybeyond @clearing_fog @satirehat 6/ ...to discuss mail-in ballots; false election fraud claims made by Trump’s then personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, in testimony at state legislative hearings; and the 👉abrupt removal of Byung J. 'BJay' Pak, a U.S. attorney in Georgia who angered Trump👈... (con't)

@CatsChocolates @100FrogLegs @carrybeyond @clearing_fog @satirehat 7/ ...by not doing enough to investigate his unfounded fraud claims."
"As a private attorney, [John] Floyd is widely respected in legal circles for his expertise and experience litigating complex RICO cases... [H]e helped convict a former sheriff of Georgia’s DeKalb County...

@CatsChocolates @100FrogLegs @carrybeyond @clearing_fog @satirehat 8/ ...for ordering the murder😬 of his elected successor. Floyd successfully defended the conviction, which included racketeering offenses, all the way to Georgia’s Supreme Court." /end