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The Brian Lehrer Show

Giuliani, Trump and RICO

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

Politics, News, News Commentary, Wnyc, Radio, Npr, Arts, New, Lerer, Media, Bryan, Nyc, Daily News, York, Public

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Jill Wine-Banks, MSNBC legal analyst, former Watergate special prosecutor, co-host of the podcasts "#Sistersinlaw" and "IGenPolitics" and the author of The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President (Henry Holt and Co., 2020), talks about the Georgia RICO indictments in the 2020 election case, and how these laws have been used in the past, and the rise and fall of Rudy Giuliani, who once utilized RICO to prosecute the mob.

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0:00.0

It's the Bryan Lair Show on WNYC, I'm Nancy Solomon from the WNYC Newsroom.

0:14.0

On today's show, we'll take a closer look at three school districts in New Jersey that

0:18.5

are attempting to roll out a policy that would tell parents if their kids are showing signs

0:23.0

of changing their gender identities.

0:26.0

And we'll talk about all things retirement, when to do it, and how, and we'll end the

0:30.5

show about an effort to do a census on fireflies, the bugs across New York.

0:37.1

But first, Rudy Giuliani and Rico.

0:40.8

Before he was Trump's personal attorney, before he trafficked in conspiracy theories, even

0:46.7

before he was mayor of New York City, Giuliani was a prosecutor.

0:51.8

As U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, he utilized Rico, the Racketeer

0:56.6

Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, as part of an aggressive strategy to bring

1:02.1

down the mob.

1:04.2

Four decades later, Giuliani, along with Donald Trump and 17 other co-defendants, faces

1:10.0

organized crime charges in Georgia under the state's Rico law for his role in the conspiracy

1:16.1

to overturn the 2020 election.

1:19.2

So today, we'll dig into those charges and explain Rico.

1:23.5

Joining me now is Jill Wine Banks, MSNBC Legal Analyst and Former Watergate Special

1:29.0

Prosecutor.

1:30.0

Jill is also co-host of the podcast's hashtag Sisters in Law and I Gen Politics.

1:36.1

And the author of the book The Watergate Girl, my fight for truth and justice against a

1:40.7

criminal president.

1:42.4

Jill, welcome back to WNYC.

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