John Hoge, one of the defendants in Brett Kimberlin’s federal RICO suit, may be on to something here.
He is absolutely correct. 18 USC 1511 reads, in its entirety:
And that’s fair enough. If Mr. Kimberlin can prove that Hoge et. al. were running a backroom casino in violation of the law, they deserve every bit of punishment they have coming to them.
Now, if one were to take Mr. Hoge’s latest “not discussing of the case on his blog” as being the only reason he and his co-defendants are looking at RICO charges, that person would be short-changing himself. Mr. Kimberlin’s amended complaint also refers to…
And that’s just the RICO stuff. Now, I will admit that maybe Mr. Kimberlin extended things a bit by charging obstruction of law enforcement under 18 USC 1511 if there was no illegal gambling going on. If there wasn’t, I’m sure that will come out in the trial.
Did the defendants engage in frauds and swindles? Fraud over the internet? Provide false info to law enforcement? Cause threats to be made to court officials? Retaliate against a witness, victim or informant? Interfere with comments by threats?
Perhaps Mr. Hoge, next time he “doesn’t discuss the case” on his blog might shed some light on those allegations as well.
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