Fani Willis knows what she’s doing when it comes to RICO cases. In the longest-running criminal trial in the state, the Fulton County District Attorney secured a guilty plea from rapper Young Thug, a week after three of his co-defendants agreed to plea deals last week, NBC News reports.
Young Thug–real name: Jeffery Lamar Williams–was indicted on a 56-count RICO indictment that originally named 27 co-defendants for their roles in the operation of the Young Slime Life, or YSL, street gang. Jury selection in Williams’ trial started in January 2023.
The RICO charges and prosecution are constructed in a similar way to the charges facing Republican standard-bearer and past/future election denier Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants. To date, Willis has secured guilty pleas from four of the co-defendants.