Thread by @HoarseWisperer

Here’s a fun story...

In New York City back in the 1980’s there were two sleazeballs who used to make the cover of the local papers a whole lot.

John Gotti and Donald Trump.

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The feds tried several times to nail Gotti but kept losing at trial.

Gotti’s attorneys helped him beat so many raps, he earned the nickname “The Teflon Don”.

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...but then a funny thing happened.

The feds got their hands on some evidence that put Gotti’s attorneys smack in the middle of the conspiracy.

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In a shocking development, prosecutors manage to get Gotti’s favorite fixers barred from representing him at trial.

Gotti lost his attorney... lost the trial... and went on to die in federal prison.

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The guy who helped put Gotti away:

Robert Mueller.

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A guy quite familiar with how Mueller did that:

James Comey.

In fact, Comey apparently referenced Gotti in his book. Drew a comparison to Trump’s operating style.

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The Mueller op has been a classic mafia roll-up from the start...

...and now they’re even throwing in some vintage deep cuts like targeting the mob don’s attorney themselves.

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The Gotti prosecution was a thing of beauty.

It was built on painstaking evidence, a key flipped witness in Sammy “The Bull” Gravano, and a whole lot of smart prosecutorial work.

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Just think, if Mueller was that good back in 1991, Trump’s in for a world of pain in 2018.

The Michael Cohen raid totally gave me flashbacks to when Gotti’s attorney, Bruce Cutler, got barred from defending him...

Ah, good times. A classic.

Love that story.

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p.s. if you’re into walks down memory lane, here’s the NYT story about Gotti losing his attorneys.

Unlike Gotti’s attys though, Michael Cohen will be joining his boss in the pokey though.

mobile.nytimes.com/1991/07/27/nyr…

p.p.s. for an added bonus Read, here’s a fun Vanity Fair piece on how Bobby Three Sticks rolled up the Teflon Don and will do the same to Don the Con.

vanityfair.com/news/2017/12/h…