The Georgia case is the first time the RICO Act -- in this case under Georgia state law rather than federal law -- is being used in the prosecution of a former U.S. president.
Legal analysts Tuesday explained Chicagoans are familiar with the approach prosecutors in Georgia are taking in the case – using the RICO Act.
One day after the former president and 18 others were charged in Georgia, Mr. Trump said prosecutors are weaponizing the justice system.Meanwhile, CBS 2 Legal Analyst Irv Miller says the use of the RICO charges jumps out at him in particular. In Illinois, RICO cases are almost always federal cases. But again, the Georgia case against Mr. Trump and his codefendants is a state case."You always wanted to get the guy at the top of the ladder on a mob case, and they used the lower guys to build up cases till you get to the higher guy, to get the higher guy out of business," Miller said.
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