Senator calls on prosecutors to take down Capitol rioters with anti-racketeering laws
By BlogFuchs in News
Updated 3 years ago
On Thursday, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) called on federal prosecutors to treat the rioters who invaded the U.S. Capitol as an organized crime enterprise, using the civil provisions of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act to root out their financial sources. Whitehouse, a...