Trump just opened himself up to a racketeering lawsuit: report

Photo caption: President Donald Trump greets Amir Sheikh Tamin bin Hamad Al Thani, Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, Chief of the Amiri Diwan Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khulaifi and U.S. Ambassador Timmy Davis at Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. Official White House photo by Daniel Torok via Flickr. US government work. Article by Sarah K. Burris. Raw Story – May 21, 2025. Source: Slate.

Historian and law professor Jonathan Zasloff is encouraging law firms to sue President Donald Trump for racketeering. In a piece in Slate, Zasloff said that Trump’s targeting of law firms is “extortion” and, while it’s illegal, he won’t have his own government prosecute him. […]

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