AOC roasted by legal experts for claiming 'RICO is not a crime': 'Embarrassed herself'

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., raised legal experts' eyebrows after claiming that "RICO is not a crime" while she questioned former Hunter Biden associate Tony Bobulinski in a House hearing.

Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett joined "FOX & Friends" on Thursday to respond to statements from the New York Democrat at the Biden impeachment probe hearing.

"It's absolutely a crime. 18 U.S.C. 1961 through 68. She might try bothering to read it. … Just add it to the growing list of stupefying remarks by her. This one is truly mind-boggling. The very word ‘racketeering’ in the [RICO] acronym conjures up serious criminality. But this is a pattern with AOC. Whenever she opens her mouth, she tends to embarrass herself with a fundamental lack of knowledge," said Jarrett.

"Is it your testimony today that you personally witnessed President Joe Biden commit a crime?" AOC asked while staring down Bobulinski at the hearing.

However, before Bobulinski could even answer, he was cut off by the animated progressive representative, repeating the same question to him.

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"How much time do I have to go through it?" Bobulinski shot back, listing off a number of crimes and alleging the president