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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Martin Pengelly

Trump Rico case ‘a nuclear bomb where a bullet’ would do, Republican says

Congressman Ken Buck: ‘Rico was meant to cover mafia cases, it was meant to cover international drug organisations.’
Congressman Ken Buck: ‘Rico was meant to cover mafia cases, it was meant to cover international drug organisations.’ Photograph: Shutterstock

The indictment of Donald Trump and 18 allies for election subversion in Georgia is “a nuclear bomb where a bullet would have been appropriate”, a Republican member of the House judiciary committee said.

“It is a Rico charge, primarily,” Ken Buck of Colorado told MSNBC, referring to racketeering law under which Trump and others are charged.

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