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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and several Republican cosponsors, introduced the Stop Financial Underwriting of Nefarious Demonstrations and Extremist Riots (Stop FUNDERs) Act to hold accountable financiers of rioters and vandals.
The one page bill would amend 18 U.S.C. § 1961(1) to add “rioting,” as defined in the Anti-Riot Act, to the list of racketeering predicate offenses. Doing so would enable the Department of Justice “to use the full suite of RICO tools against entities who fund or coordinate violent interstate riots,” Cruz said.
He’s referring to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, which allows for extended criminal penalties for those involved in racketeering. Racketeering involves “any act or threat involving murder, kidnapping, gambling, arson, robbery, bribery, extortion, dealing in obscene matter, or dealing in a controlled substance or listed chemical,” as well as numerous fraud-related crimes, including gambling, mail fraud, wire fraud, immigration fraud, among others, Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute explains.
“Every American has the right to freedom of speech and peaceful protest, but not to commit violence. Domestic NGOs and foreign adversaries fund and use riots in the United States to undermine the security and prosperity of Americans,” Cruz said.
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Author: Marty Kaufmann
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