As the high-profile racketeering and sex-trafficking trial of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs rounds up its third week in federal court, some of the prosecution’s key allegations have come into sharper focus. However, significant unresolved issues could ultimately shape the outcome of a case the government has framed as a sprawling criminal enterprise fueled by…
In the ongoing federal trial against music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, what was expected to be a landmark RICO case—one that might expose a sprawling criminal enterprise—seems to be steadily narrowing in scope. At this point in the proceedings, the prosecution appears to be leaning heavily into allegations of domestic violence, as evidenced by the…
Former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants are facing various criminal charges in the Georgia 2020 election subversion case, with a common thread tying their alleged misconduct together: the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). This state law, commonly referred to as RICO, shares similarities with its federal counterpart and enables prosecutors to encompass…