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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAndrew Weissmann, part of Mueller legal team, brought down Vincent "The Chin" Gigante
Before his work relating to Enron, Weissmann served as a federal prosecutor in the organized crime bureau in Brooklyn. In 1997, he and trial partner George Stamboulidis brought down one of the country's most powerful mob bosses, Vincent "the Chin" Gigante, with the help of turncoat witnesses.
"We cut our teeth in the organized crime section," said Stamboulidis, now in private practice. "And the only way you can make those cases is to get people to cooperate, even when the oath of Omerta (a Mafia code of silence and non-cooperation with authorities) was strong and in full play."
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/BigStory12/idUSKBN19A1CM
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Andrew Weissmann, part of Mueller legal team, brought down Vincent "The Chin" Gigante (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Jun 2017
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Gothmog
(144,908 posts)1. Mueller has assembled a great team of lawyers
You do not assemble this type of legal talent and not indict someone
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,708 posts)2. A veritable legal dream team.
Yavin4
(35,421 posts)3. Think RICO.
When you hire prosecutors who have investigated the mob, more than likely it's a RICO investigation.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,708 posts)4. Do you think Trump might try the Vinny the Chin defense?
That he might start acting crazy and walking around in public in his bathrobe.
Yavin4
(35,421 posts)6. All I ask is that he cinches that robe tight.
Don't need to see any dangling parts.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,708 posts)7. ...
the majority of the case is indeed RICO. Malcolm Nance confirmed this long ago.