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    Manhattan District Attorney May Charge Trump Organization With Racketeering

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    May 30 | 2021
    Manhattan District Attorney May Charge Trump Organization With Racketeering
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    Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr., may pursue a racketeering charge in his current probe of former President Donald Trump's company. This charge would allege that the Trump organization was a corrupt enterprise under New York's “little RICO," which is similar to the the federal racketeering statute, according to former prosecutors and defense attorneys. New York's enterprise corruption statute can be used to prosecute businesses that allegedly engage in criminal activity. Known as “Little RICO," the law can be invoked with proof of as few as three crimes. The statute carries severe penalties, namely a prison term of up to 25 ye...

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