Former president Donald Trump and 18 of his allies were charged in Georgia on Monday evening with a serious crime — racketeering — in connection with their efforts to overturn that state’s 2020 election results.
The law is the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
You’ll see it referred to as RICO. It allows prosecutors to combine several alleged crimes — in this case, conspiracy to defraud the state, false statements and writings, impersonating a public officer, forgery, computer theft and dozens of others — into one racketeering charge that calls for up to 20 years in prison.
