Subject: Re: Ouch. 13 Counts including RICO
As for the GA indictment, obviously this is the one that carries the greatest risk for Trump - at least in terms of process.

Something else that I learned last night watching round #4 of Indictment Tonight...

Judges have the following choices when sentencing a convicted RICO defendant:

* 5-20 years jail time
* $25,000 fine or 3x the money gained from the RICO acts
* both jail time and fines

These rules are just for the RICO conviction itself. The defendant still faces punishment for the other crimes collected together under the RICO charge.

A key remaining question about the Georgia case is whether a new law passed in April 2023 providing the ability to forcibly remove a special prosecutor from office for alleged failure to perform duties will be leveraged by Georgia Republicans to push Fani Willis out of power and have a replacement drop the case. Given the brazen corruption already demonstrated by various statewide and county Republican party figures including those named in the indictment, that would seem to be a significant risk. On the other hand, it seems highly likely Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Governor Brian Kemp and former Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan have all demonstrated sufficient moral backbone and motivation to actively work within their party to prevent such a blatant abuse of power from being attempted -- at least for a case involving Donald Trump.


WTH