Eight days. That's how long it took the Eleventh Circuit to dropkick Donald Trump's bid to resuscitate his RICO trollsuit against Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee, James Comey, and some two dozen other defendants. After oral argument on November 18th, the appeals court needed just over a week to announce their holding: YOUR SUIT IS GARBAGE AND YOUR LAWYERS SHOULD FEEL BAD.
Testimony from the 12 additional witnesses includes claims that Zillow personnel fly to real estate offices to instruct Zillow Flex agents in person on the need to meet Zillow Home Loans (ZHL) quotas to avoid putting things in writing, and that Zillow's loan officers frequently misrepresent or omit important details about borrowers' true closing costs, leading buyers to pay excessive costs or lose the house.
Since the assasination of Charlie Kirk, Trump asked the Attorney General to investigate individuals who protested him at dinner, instructing her to "look into that in terms of RICO." Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche backed him up, saying such protesters are "part of an organized effort to inflict harm and terror and damage to the United States," which justifies Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) investigations.
Uber alleges the law firms involved target companies with higher coverage limits in an effort to extract larger settlements and routinely charge contingency fees of 45% or more.
