Carter Ledyard partner Michael Shapiro was interviewed by Politico for their article, “Manhattan DA Could Pursue Racketeering Charge in Trump Org Probe, Experts Say.” In the article, which suggests that District Attorney Cy Vance might use New York’s “little RICO” statute to prosecute the Trump organization, Michael discusses the close relationship between prosecutors and a special grand jury and comments on the serious nature of enterprise corruption saying, “…there are plenty of things an organization or business could do to run afoul of enterprise corruption, if they’re all done with the purpose of enhancing the revenue of the enterprise illegally. …It’s an umbrella everything else fits under.”
The article can be read in full here.