What is Georgia's RICO Act, and how could it affect Trump?

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been investigating Donald Trump's efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results for more than two years. Legal experts expected Willis to bring the case under a law initially written to target the mob: The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO.

The former president is already facing two federal indictments and a case in New York. But if he's indicted in Fulton County, in Georgia, it could be the most problematic case he faces."He can't tell the district attorney what to do. She is an elected official. She's not answerable to anybody in state government. So, the possibility of him being convicted and going to jail is far greater I would say," Cunningham said.

Arora told Atlanta's WSB,"As long as it’s a crime that forwards the goal of the conspiracy, being in this case, the election fraud, misrepresentation, you can do it." The Georgia General Assembly adopted RICO in 1980, modeled after the similar law on the federal level, after concerns over the"increasing sophistication of various criminal elements," the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported.

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