Report from the Atlanta Community Press Collective (ACPC) on draconian RICO charges filed against activists by the Georgia Attorney General's office. To read a statement from the National Lawyer's Guild (NLG) on the indictments, go here. The Georgia Attorney General’s Office filed RICO (racketeering-influenced and corrupt organizations) indictments against 61 individuals alleged to be part...
Well that’s just idiotic grandstanding if true, because Trump’s plays out the steps EXACTLY on how to catch a RICO charge. It’s like a ‘Criminal Racketeering and Conspiracy to commit 100 Kinds of Fraud: For Dummies’ book.
It’s not ‘just’ idiotic grandstanding, it’s also how Republicans are intentionally eroding the power of our institutions.
Any tool that is brought to bear against them, they’ll try to undermine and abuse so it’s less effective for anything. They want it to look like RICO is just a partisan tool to go after your enemies. That makes democrats look as petty as them - if you ignore reality.
One of the ways you can tell Republicans are actively trying to destroy our democracy is the way the prefer political strategies that do as much institutional damage as possible.