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Mobsters ‘thrilled’ to see Rudy Giuliani hit with RICO charges he

used to jail mafia bosses
By Brian Niemietz
New York Daily News • Published: Aug 17, 2023 at 1:27 pm

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Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani is seen arriving at the courthouse in Manhattan on Sept. 8, 2022. (Theodore Parisienne/for New York Daily
News)

Defense lawyer who’ve represented the biggest names in gangland says their clients love that
Rudy Giuliani, who used the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to jail
mafia leaders, himself stands charged with racketeering.

“All of my clients who had the misfortune of being prosecuted by him are laughing now ,”

Jeffrey Lichtman who successfully handled the 2004-2006 defense of John “Junior” Gotti told
The Messenger. “As am I.”

Gotti’s famous father — dogged by Giuliani’s office for years —was imprisoned in 1992 after
being found guilty on criminal counts including racketeering.

“I’m thrilled that Rudy will now experience what it feels like to be on the wrong end of a RICO
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Before becoming New York City’s 107th mayor in 1994, Giuliani made his name as a fearless
prosecutor who went after the mob by tying seemingly untouchable kingpins to the illegal
activities of criminal enterprises they oversaw. On Monday, Georgia prosecutors charged
Giuliani with being part of a criminal organization that sought to overturn the results of the
2020 presidential election his former boss, Donald Trump, lost by more than 7-million votes.

Lichtman called RICO charges against Giuliani “just” and characterized the “horribly
dishonest” defendant as a man “the wheel of karma is about to crush.”

Mob attorney Murray Richman’s resume includes the defense of late Lucchese family boss
Carmine “Mr. Gribbs” Tramunti and Bonnano family capo Dominick “Big Trin” Trinchera . He
told The Messenger “several’ of his former clients are also “f---ing thrilled” to see Giuliani
facing RICO charges.

“Half of these guys love Trump. They freaking love Trump,” Richman said. “But all of them are
almost unified in their position of hating f---ing Rudy.”

Prominent criminal defense lawyer Ron Kuby called it “delightful” that the prosecutor “who
expanded RICO prosecutions well beyond their original intent,” in his opinion, now has to
defend himself against such charges.

Speaking with right-wing cable outlet Newsmax — which is involved in civil litigation over its
dubious 2020 election coverage — Giuliani called the charges against him “a ridiculous
application of the racketeering statute.”

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