Former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy on Thursday threw out the RICO lawsuit filed by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis against former President Donald Trump.
Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee is scheduled to hear two motions Thursday to throw out the case, defense attorney Ashley Merchant said on Fox News this morning. exterior. Willis targeted “activities protected by the First Amendment” through the indictments he secured against Trump and other defendants, McCarthy said. (Related: ‘She just lied to the world’: Former Trump administration official slams Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis over Trump indictment)
“I’m in a different position, Lawrence, because I’m an analyst and I’m just trying to determine what’s best to happen, but if I were the defense attorney in this case, I think that’s your duty. “If you file a motion and follow through and if she’s right and they get a neutral and impartial prosecutor, you know there’s a lot wrong with this case,” McCarthy said, “Fox & Friends” co-host Lowence Jones spoke about the initiative. Disqualify Willis from the trial. “We’ve spent the last few months on sordid content because of Willis’ relationship with Wade. This case stinks as a case, and has been from the beginning, and she’s trying to get 19 people in a massive conspiracy.” I’m trying to prosecute.”
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“All they’ve ever done together is get prosecuted, and the idea that they’re a RICO organization like the Gambino family is one of the best I’ve seen after the burden of criminal law in recent decades.” “It’s one of the most ridiculous things in the world,” McCarthy continued.
Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz said in an Aug. 2 appearance on the Fox Business Network that the same federal charges against Trump secured by Special Counsel Jack Smith violate the First Amendment. He said that the attack not only attacked President Trump’s legal rights under the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
“She is criminalizing not only activities protected by the First Amendment, but also First Amendment activities without which the government cannot function,” McCarthy said. “There are situations in the law where it is permissible to criminalize speech or association. For example, it is a crime to incite, so speech can also be a crime. If you band together with others to commit a crime. , we band together to plan a bank robbery, yes you can stick to an association, but in this case what they are talking about is speech and association for the purpose of political governance, Just because you have a policy disagreement doesn’t make it a crime.”
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