Use RICO To Stop The Resistance

There seems to be a pattern of agitation and confrontation aimed at Republican legislators and officials. Earlier it was Senator Cruz, and now it's Senator Flake:

https://www.mediaite.com/online/watch-jeff-flake-confronted-by-protestors-in-jawdropping-moment-youre-telling-women-they-dont-matter/

As you may know, the RICO Statue has been used to prosecute peaceful protesters at abortion clinics. I now urge the Trump administration to use it to stop "The Resistance".

Would it fit the circumstances? Consider this:

A properly stated RICO claim in the Eighth Circuit must allege the following four elements: "(1) conduct (2) of an enterprise (3) through a pattern (4) of racketeering activity."

You can read the rest @

https://aaronhall.com/overview-of-racketeer-influenced-corrupt-organizations-rico-act/

Let's examine each element in turn, as it is presented in the above citation:

(1) The first element of RICO is conduct. This element is extremely straightforward and rarely litigated in court. It simply requires the defendants who participated in the enterprise to carry out the directions of the enterprise.

I would say it's clear that all persons answering Maxine Waters' call to obstruct are so participating.

(2) An ‘enterprise’ is defined in 18 U.S.C section 1961 (4) to include “any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, and any union or group of individuals associated in fact although not a legal entity”.

I can ascertain a structure distinct from the conduct, can't you?

(3) ... the racketeering acts must "include a specific threat of repetition extending indefinitely into the future [or] . . . are part of an ongoing entity’s regular way of doing business."

I would say this is definitely the case, wouldn't you?

(4) The element of ‘racketeering activity’ is extremely broad. The statute includes kidnapping, gambling, arson, robbery, bribery, extortion, or a list of many other criminal statutes. The more common statutes include fraud, obstruction of law enforcement, forgery, and trafficking statutes.

Obstruction immediately comes to mind, and I suspect several other statutes may be involved.

So ... if I were a prosecutor I would seek an indictment today, or at the earliest opportunity. What the hell is stopping DOJ from doing the same? Is Sessions an idiot, one of the seditionists, or just in way over his head?

By the way, wouldn't it be ironic to use RICO in this manner against the very heartless clowns who used it against abortion protesters? I say stick it to 'em, because they really don't deserve our sympathy.