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DOJ Should Think Twice Before Aiming RICO at Capitol Rioters
National Review ^ | Andrew C. McCarthy February 06, 2021 | Andrew C. McCarthy

Posted on 02/06/2021 12:53:06 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Police clear the U.S. Capitol with tear gas in Washington, D.C. January 6, 2021. (Stephanie Keith/Reuters)

Democrats and the new administration have gotten the confirmation of their new attorney general tangled up in their Trump Impeachment II choreography, but things are nonetheless humming at the Biden Justice Department. This week, right on cue from the White House’s messaging on equity — not to be confused with its antithesis, equal justice under the law — the DOJ dropped a major civil-rights case against Yale, thus endorsing the university’s racially discriminatory admission practices. (And aren’t you just loving President Biden’s notions of fulfilling commitments to national unity and keeping partisan politics out of law …

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mccarthy; nationalrepuke; notnews; rico
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1 posted on 02/06/2021 12:53:06 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The RICO act? Dang...they are trying to do that?


2 posted on 02/06/2021 12:55:15 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

NRO Never Trumper Andrew McCarthy pokes his head above ground? Spring is obviously in the air.


3 posted on 02/06/2021 12:56:33 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: snarkytart

They certainly aren’t gonna use it against Biden even though he bragged about the voter fraud machine before the election ... mob bosses were convicted with less.

But remember that with the Left it is Just-Us, and not justice, that informs their habits.


4 posted on 02/06/2021 12:57:41 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They would have to prove a continuing enterprise in addition to predicate offenses. That would be difficult.


5 posted on 02/06/2021 1:00:39 PM PST by circlecity
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The rioters will end up getting charged dropped after the sham impeachment goes no where. They would have served their purpose to scare normies into thinking Trump tried to over throw the government


6 posted on 02/06/2021 1:03:02 PM PST by escapefromboston (Free Assange )
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To: circlecity
They would have to prove a continuing enterprise in addition to predicate offenses. That would be difficult.

In America it would be very difficult.But if the trial takes place in DC it would be as easy as pie.

7 posted on 02/06/2021 1:04:16 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: Zhang Fei

It isn’t just the RINO politicians that like to play Kabuki theater.


8 posted on 02/06/2021 1:07:31 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: escapefromboston
The rioters will end up getting charged dropped after the sham impeachment goes no where.

Why would Biden's justice department wanna do that? They'll all spend 20 to life in federal prison.

9 posted on 02/06/2021 1:12:53 PM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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“The rioters will end up getting charged dropped after the sham impeachment goes no where. They would have served their purpose to scare normies into thinking Trump tried to over throw the government”

Because they’re deep state agents.


10 posted on 02/06/2021 1:14:09 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Zhang Fei

Yup—NR didn’t see its shadow, so they are good for six more weeks of lies.


11 posted on 02/06/2021 1:14:21 PM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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Rather than an early spring of fresh lies.


12 posted on 02/06/2021 1:17:06 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
HEY! DOJ! WE GOT SOME RICO OVER HERE!!


13 posted on 02/06/2021 1:22:42 PM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Corporate America has funded BLM and AF. Interstate racketeering at its worst


14 posted on 02/06/2021 1:27:45 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Call on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The inaction of the GOP-e for the last 30 years has told the RATS they can get away with anything.
They are publicly talking about arresting those with different opinions.

Imagine what they are NOT publicly commenting on!


15 posted on 02/06/2021 1:28:02 PM PST by Zathras
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The drum beat continues unabated...

Communists never slow down or waste time when it comes to imposing their tyranny on the serfs...

They thoroughly purge individuals, organizations, specific actions, speech, and all private unspoken thought...

Soros & the chicoms have probably given Harris-obunghole-biden a boxcar quota under an accelerated timeline...

The original communist revolution took 5 years to settle in... This one will be done in 6 months...


16 posted on 02/06/2021 1:29:25 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is Joe McCarthy now that we desperately need him sober?)
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McCarthy:

There are some differences, of course, between the jihadist terror of the Nineties and last month’s siege on the seat of our government. Still, they both involved insurrectionist violence: the use of force against the United States government.

BS. There may have been a few individuals in costume who imagined that.

17 posted on 02/06/2021 2:14:51 PM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They don’t want to use the RICO act because they’re going to find all the Democrats who funded the capitol invaders.


18 posted on 02/06/2021 3:10:56 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Screw National Review and and their endless, impotent tut-tutting.


19 posted on 02/06/2021 3:17:32 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Zhang Fei

20 posted on 02/06/2021 3:18:57 PM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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