YES!!!!!! Rachel FINALLY mentioned that the Cohen plea deal [View all]

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explicitly reserves the right of the prosecutors to still go after him under the RICO statutes, i.e, RACKETEERING.

I kept hearing people say that SDNY was done with him, that he wouldn't be prosecuted by them for anything else, and I kept thinking, "but what about that sentence about the RICO statute?"

Finally someone confirms I didn't misread it.




https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211029038

What jumped out at me was the part of the letter to Guy Petrillo, attorney, on page 2, paragraph 4, where it said this agreement doesn't preclude them from other prosecutions (other than the ones they agree not to prosecute him for) including 18 U.S.C. 1961.

18 U.S.C. 1961 is a racketeering statute. IOW, they seem to be reserving the possibility of prosecuting him for racketeering.

Or am I misreading that?

Also, reading the plea agreement itself, there appear to be several possible OTHER participants in what looks like a campaign-finance conspiracy, including the news media corporation, an agent, an editor, and "the company" that reimbursed Cohen and even paid him a "bonus" -- i.e., the Trump corporation.

I wonder if any of them are facing charges now.