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True_Blue

(3,063 posts)
Sat Dec 7, 2019, 05:52 PM Dec 2019

QAnon Conspiracy-Believing Mob Boss Killer's Confession to Police Ruled Admissible

Source: Rolling Stone

Anthony Comello, 25, the conspiracy theory believer accused of killing alleged Gambino family boss Francesco “Frank” Cali was in court on Thursday where a judge ruled his statements to police after the murder were admissible. Comello’s attorney had argued the statements should be thrown out because of Comello’s mental and physical state at the time of his confession.

Comello has given varying reasons for Cali’s murder, but eventually told his lawyer, Robert Gottlieb, that he was motivated to kill Cali because he believed the mob boss was part of “the deep state” and he wanted to eliminate him to help President Donald Trump. Comello says he is a believer in QAnon, a conspiracy theory that claims agents within the government are trying to oust Trump from office.

“He ardently believed that Francesco Cali, a boss in the Gambino crime family, was a prominent member of the deep state, and, accordingly, an appropriate target for a citizen’s arrest,” Gottleib wrote in court documents.

Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/anthony-comello-confession-qanon-conspiracy-confession-admissible-923460/

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QAnon Conspiracy-Believing Mob Boss Killer's Confession to Police Ruled Admissible (Original Post) True_Blue Dec 2019 OP
Insanity defense slam dunk if there ever was one. n/t brewens Dec 2019 #1
Looks like Anthony won't be in prison too long. Crowman2009 Dec 2019 #2
Wait. SergeStorms Dec 2019 #3
That guy has a better chance staying in prison... Historic NY Dec 2019 #4
He's still alive?! paleotn Dec 2019 #5
So he whacked the mob boss of a crime family FM123 Dec 2019 #6
Oh please, dude did it because Cali didn't want him musette_sf Dec 2019 #7
Wasn't it Q Day yesterday? FrankBooth Dec 2019 #8
ATM's were going to dispense gold bullion, JFK Jr. would win Dancing w/ the Stars... Scurrilous Dec 2019 #9
This Q-ball is a dead man walking. He just doesn't know it yet meow2u3 Dec 2019 #10

SergeStorms

(19,192 posts)
3. Wait.
Sat Dec 7, 2019, 07:02 PM
Dec 2019

I thought the QAnon believing meatheads thought Donnie Trump himself was QAnon? If that's the case then Trump is agent within the government who's been trying to oust himself from office?

Keeping up with these loonies is a full-time job in itself.

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
4. That guy has a better chance staying in prison...
Sat Dec 7, 2019, 07:04 PM
Dec 2019

than ever hitting the streets. Jersey wetlands are full of organic material.

FM123

(10,053 posts)
6. So he whacked the mob boss of a crime family
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 09:06 AM
Dec 2019

to please the mob boss of another crime family. I guess he showed the kind of loyalty that Comey couldn't give....

musette_sf

(10,200 posts)
7. Oh please, dude did it because Cali didn't want him
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:37 PM
Dec 2019

dating his niece.

The "Q defense" is cooked up to gin up sympathy. It's Staten Island and Gottlieb knows his jury pool.

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)
9. ATM's were going to dispense gold bullion, JFK Jr. would win Dancing w/ the Stars...
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 03:24 PM
Dec 2019

But just you wait, the storm is coming!!

meow2u3

(24,761 posts)
10. This Q-ball is a dead man walking. He just doesn't know it yet
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 04:06 PM
Dec 2019

The mob is sure to have put a contract out on him. You do not pull an unsanctioned hit on a mob boss and live for very long (this is the mob's ethos, not mine).

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