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

(2,492 posts)

6. Wayne Barrett had the goods...

Reply to canetoad (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 6, 2026, 05:08 PM

16 hrs ago

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

(53,066 posts)

9. What was even worse

Reply to canetoad (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 6, 2026, 06:09 PM

15 hrs ago

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.

canetoad

(20,643 posts)

10. With trump

Reply to PatSeg (Reply #9)

Fri Mar 6, 2026, 06:16 PM

15 hrs ago

It all comes back to money. And young girls.

PatSeg

(53,066 posts)

11. That is true

Reply to canetoad (Reply #10)

Fri Mar 6, 2026, 06:35 PM

14 hrs ago

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.

The Wizard

(13,676 posts)

3. He bankrupted his casinos when the feds

Reply to ultralite001 (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2026, 04:05 PM

17 hrs ago

started closing in on his money laundries.

tanyev

(49,089 posts)

4. Remember that U.S. Attorney Giuliani aggressively went after the Italian American mafia,

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Fri Mar 6, 2026, 04:10 PM

17 hrs ago

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

(2,492 posts)

7. Rudy + the Russians...

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Fri Mar 6, 2026, 05:46 PM

15 hrs ago

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

WiVoter

(1,596 posts)

8. I Think Roy Cohn Was A Mob Lawyer

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Fri Mar 6, 2026, 05:56 PM

15 hrs ago

ultralite001

(2,492 posts)

12. + so much more...

Reply to WiVoter (Reply #8)

Fri Mar 6, 2026, 09:21 PM

12 hrs ago

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

(17,380 posts)

13. I think he's like Bruno Tatalia, the guy Vito Corleone dismissed as a "pimp" in the Godfather

Reply to ultralite001 (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2026, 10:05 PM

11 hrs ago

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

(18,575 posts)

14. It's suspected Trump was an FBI confidential informant

Reply to ultralite001 (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2026, 10:11 PM

11 hrs ago

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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