As well as the Supreme Court (posted elsewhere):
A Wyoming rancher fought the BLM over an easement on property he had bought. Finally, having had enough of their tactics, he sued the BLM under the RICO act.
From a 2007 LA Times article: [my emphasis]
"All the justices gave a thumbs-down to Robbins' claim under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, known as RICO.
On that issue, Robbins claimed that the BLM employees violated the Hobbs Act, the federal extortion law, which defines extortion as "the obtaining of property from another, with his consent ... under color of official right."
Robbins' claim failed, Souter wrote, because the act "does not apply when the national government is the intended beneficiary of the allegedly extortionate acts."
So, if it is beneficiary to the government, extortion, alleged or not, is OK.
“the act ‘does not apply when the national government is the intended beneficiary of the allegedly extortionate acts.’”
Might makes rules.
Yep, there it is in unqualified language. The FedMob are our masters and the law doesn’t apply to them unless they say it does subject to their whim of the day.