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canetoad

(20,769 posts)
2. I've asked myself the same question
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 04:43 PM
Mar 6

I've watched Fear City - New York vs the Mafia - trump is mentioned over the concrete/mafia connections but Giulliani is the star of the show. Bookmarked your post to start digging through it later on. Thanks.

ultralite001

(2,555 posts)
6. Wayne Barrett had the goods...
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 06:08 PM
Mar 6

on Giuliani as well...

Rudy! : an investigative biography of Rudolph Giuliani
by Barrett, Wayne

https://archive.org/details/rudy00wayn

Grand illusion : the untold story of Rudy Giuliani and 9/11
https://archive.org/details/grandillusionunt00wayn

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
9. What was even worse
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 07:09 PM
Mar 6

were his many connections to the Russian mafia. It went on for many years. Among other things they used his properties to launder money and "loaned" him money when U.S. banks no longer would.

The Russian mafia almost makes the Italian mafia look like Boy Scouts.

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
11. That is true
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 07:35 PM
Mar 6

And I think he liked all the risk and drama of dealing with gangster types.

We keep finding out more and more about him and I wonder what else there is to discover.

tanyev

(49,318 posts)
4. Remember that U.S. Attorney Giuliani aggressively went after the Italian American mafia,
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 05:10 PM
Mar 6

creating a vacuum quickly occupied by the Russian mob. I'm not aware of any similar efforts by Giuliani to do anything about them.

ultralite001

(2,555 posts)
7. Rudy + the Russians...
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 06:46 PM
Mar 6

Trump Lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s Mysterious Ties to Russia and Former Soviet Union Go Back Decades, Experts Argue
ttps://www.newsweek.com/giuliani-mysterious-ties-russia-former-soviet-union-decades-1215349

ultralite001

(2,555 posts)
12. + so much more...
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 10:21 PM
Mar 6

60 Minutes w/ Morley Safer from 1979...



Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn may be available through your library or Kanopy...
https://www.kanopy.com/en/product/bully-coward-victim-story-roy-cohn?vp=pace

Additional reading:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/roy-cohn

maxrandb

(17,435 posts)
13. I think he's like Bruno Tatalia, the guy Vito Corleone dismissed as a "pimp" in the Godfather
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:05 PM
Mar 6

America is now what that movie would have been if a bunch of ignorant dipshits gave Tatalia the keys to the most lethal military ever created.

Just like the serious people in NYC real estate and finance, he was NEVER invited to the parties. If he had ties to the mob, he was their erand boy. They all knew he was a complete moron.

The world is held hostage by a toddler.
The mob never respected him.
Serious business people never respected him.
The only time his genitals were touched by a human being, there was money, or force required.
His own father and mother never loved him.

He's a parasite with power. He sucks the life and soul out of everyone he touches.

If you look closely at the people who voted for him, they have lifeless eyes. They may pretend to have happiness and joy in their lives, but the truth is, they are the most miserable beings on the planet.

Zorro

(18,703 posts)
14. It's suspected Trump was an FBI confidential informant
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:11 PM
Mar 6

That's why the government never went after him in the 80s/90s. He was ratting on the criminals he was working with.

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