"Donald Trump has a certain instinct for organized crime. It's how his own former lawyer described Trump's business management. So maybe it's not a surprise that he runs right to RICO whenever he wants to throw a tantrum in court. He invoked the statute in his loony lawsuit against every Democrat in D.C. and, as the T-shirt would say, " all I got was this lousy $1 million sanction for filing a frivolous suit.""
"Last week, Trump went to Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab with Vice President JD Vance, Acting Archivist Marco Rubio, and Secretary of Not-the-Department-of-War Pete Hegseth. While at dinner, activist group Code Pink heckled the group. In response, the gathering of hardcore alpha males went crying to Pam Bondi to protect them from the scary women hurting their feelings."
Trump has a pattern of invoking the RICO statute to attack political opponents and previously faced a $1 million sanction for a frivolous RICO suit. After controlling the Department of Justice, the administration can direct taxpayer-funded lawyers toward politically motivated cases. During a recent dinner with JD Vance, Marco Rubio, and Pete Hegseth, Code Pink protesters heckled the group and the attendees asked Pam Bondi to pursue RICO charges. Trump suggested the protesters "should be put in jail" as "subversive," and senior DOJ figures publicly entertained the idea, drawing criticism from legal commentators.
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