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Ted Cruz: “RICO is an incredibly powerful tool to prosecute not just an…”

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And it's one thing to go and prosecute the individual criminals. We should do that. Sure. But if you want to solve the problem, it's why I've introduced the legislation, the Stop Funders Act. Because RICO is an incredibly powerful tool to prosecute not just an individual defendant, but a criminal organization. And criminal organizations are usually structured with a hub and spokes. And so following the money is how you get the people writing checks that are sitting in their Manhattan penthouses funding the anti American, anti Israel communist jihadist agitators that are destroying this country. (32:25–32:33)

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