Deputy AG Blanche Defends Trump’s Suggestion of RICO Probe Into Protesters

President Donald Trump was correct to say that some leftist protesters could be prosecuted for racketeering, according to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.

Trump has suggested that a small group of protesters who held up miniature Gaza flags and chanted “Free D.C.! Free Palestine! Trump is the Hitler of our time!” while he ate dinner at a restaurant in downtown D.C. last week could face charges under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.

The president said one of the protesters involved was a “paid agitator.”

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