Rudy Giuliani, who pioneered the use of RICO when he was a US attorney, just got indicted on RICO ch

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Rudy Giuliani, who pioneered the use of RICO when he was a US attorney, just got indicted on RICO charges


Sonam Sheth Aug 14, 2023, 10:16 PM CDT



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"Giuliani is objectively one of the most effective prosecutors in American history who took down the Mafia, cleaned up New York City and comforted the nation following 9/11," his spokesperson, Ted Goodman, told reporters as recently as last month.

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The former mayor was one of 19 defendants — including former President Donald Trump — who were indicted by Fulton County DA Fani Willis' office in connection to Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. All the defendants were charged with violating Georgia's RICO statute.

Trump, Giuliani, their co-defendants, 30 unindicted co-conspirators, and "others known and unknown" to the grand jury "constituted a criminal organization whose members and associates engaged in various related criminal activities including, but not limited to, false statements and writings, impersonating a public officer, forgery, filing false documents, influencing witnesses, computer theft, computer trespass, computer invasion of privacy, conspiracy to defraud the state, acts involving theft, and perjury," the indictment said.

Giuliani, specifically, was charged with solicitation of violation of oath by public officer, false statements and writings, conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer, conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree, conspiracy to commit false statements and writings, and conspiracy to commit filing false documents.

Giuliani's indictment was not entirely unexpected; prosecutors working for Willis informed him that he was a target of their wide-ranging inquiry earlier this month, and Willis also has a long history of using RICO in a slew of previous cases.

Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/rudy-giuliani-indicted-georgia-trump-rico-2023-8

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I posted this here in lbn because it specifically talks about Rudy.
I did not know he had been informed that he was a target.


He is a fallen little man. Folks speculate what was the cause. Obviously money--but did Trump pay him??
I think alcohol was a primary reason also. If he has prison on his future agenda--he will have a rough time drying out.

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[Roy Rolling]

1. America's Mayor

The mediasphere and ad agencies are so cruel and stupid with their assigning names to people. They’ve ruined the good name of the United States slapping the label America on every shooting star.

[hlthe2b]

2. Sometimes the symmetry is breath-taking...

"Hoisted with his own petard" does come to mind. Oh, that Willy Shakespeare had such a way with words.

[LiberalArkie]

22. Karma is very real folks..

[no_hypocrisy]

3. The family of John Gotti must be drinking champagne for breakfast

[Dustlawyer]

19. Not too much alcohol, I heard it kills brain cells!

[BigmanPigman]

4. Rudy lives by the sword and dies by the sword.

[Justice matters.]

27. Yep. "Trial by combat" he said...

Well, that used to be done in banana republics...

[Alexander Of Assyria]

5. His lawyer forgot to mention...and also know for Four Seasons Landscaping, most infamous

news conference in history…and the most hilarious!

I still don’t believe that actually happened!

And he was once a respectable guy, the mass media made him so…it is a fall from mass media grace…although did hell of a job propping him up during his crash and burn phase.

[2naSalit]

6. He must've forgot.

I hope he spends at least a year in prison before he croaks.

[Vinca]

7. I wonder if Fani studied his old cases while learning RICO law. What karma.

[2live is 2fly]

8. Giuliani, even used 9/11 for his partisan bullshit. Shortly afterward on the view he said something

like, the country is so lucky to have George Bush in the WH, Al Gore would've been lost, or a disaster or similar. The View didn't let it go unchallenged jumped all over his sorry ass. So yeah, he's always been an over rated POS! The only thing more fitting than Rudy indicted will be Rudy incarcerated.

[Irish_Dem]

9. A spectacular fall from grace.

He spent most of his adult life fighting crime and then became a notorious criminal at the end of his life.

[Traildogbob]

13. Yep

Laying on his bunk with his hand down his jumpsuit thinking about teenagers. Until death. The kids will be safe now. Except for all the other GQP pervs lose.

[Scrivener7]

10. I think all the accolades for 9/11 made him think he was invincible, and his RICO mob

prosecutions made him think he was a king-maker. I don't think he could have taken down the mafia families he did without the cooperation of other mafia families. So he chose which of them lived or died.

I think all of that combined to make him think he could pull the strings of power and it all made him an insane megalomaniac.

[Botany]

11. I don't know if it is true or not but I have heard the story that Rudy chased the Italian Mafia from

... NYC so as to let the Russian mob move in.

[Scrivener7]

12. If I recall correctly there was a time lapse between the two events, but given all the

Russian connections in all this, it certainly seems possible.

[dlk]

14. As people age, they tend to become more of who they really are

Giuliani has always been this guy. Leopards don’t change their spots.

[tanyev]

15. Was he always close to Trump?

Maybe he was using RICO to remove some of Donny's competition.

[onetexan]

16. Karma's a b!tch, isn't she Rudy?

[twodogsbarking]

17. Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO)

Wish they would say the entire name every time. It sounds so criminal.

[niyad]

18. I have had nothing but contempt for him since his divorce from his second

wife, before 9/11. His grifting bs after 9/11 made me absolutely loathe and despise him, and he has done notthing in all the years since to improve himself.

[marble falls]

20. He knows RICO so well, he knows the next step: The guy who flips first gets the best deal ...

... he really doesn't want to die in jail. Next he'll be suing TFG for the money he's owed. The Four Seasons Landscaping venue wasn't free, y'know.

[LymphocyteLover]

21. Giuliani is a disgusting person-- remember he's being sued for gross sexual harassment by his former

secretary... and she details all his bigotry

[Kid Berwyn]

23. Not too unlike a tragic figure from Ancient Greece dripping hair paint.

Truth is, by saving a little dough for the Boss, Rudy saved Democracy.

[IronLionZion]

24. Make Attorneys Get Attorneys

These idiots thought they wouldn't face consequences?

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

25. Gee, maybe the cause was what people were saying

His problem was all the way back in the 80s: He's an arsehole.

Sometimes, the correct answer is the obvious and simple one.

[csziggy]

26. A theory - Rudy took down the Mafia in NY to open it for the Russian Mob nt

[FakeNoose]

28. Rudy's mistake was assuming that SDNY would always protect him

There have been complete turnovers of personnel at SDNY since Rudy was the kingpin. His old pals are long gone now. I don't think Rudy knows any US Attorneys any more.

I could be wrong, but I believe the ethics and morals of US Attorneys are famously incorruptible. Once Rudy went over to the dark side, he was always going to be caught eventually.

[marybourg]

29. He made the fatal mistake of believing his own press releases.

[republianmushroom]

30. Tsk Tsk, Rudy.

You do know how this works, rudy. Much more expense coming in attorney fees.