1) I don’t understand the Rudy Giuliani haters

He’s an awesome attorney and prosecutor

Let’s outline some of his accomplishments

https://themobmuseum.org/notable_names/rudolph-giuliani/

2) Rudy has a legacy of successful prosecutions of leaders of NY’s “Commission” of organized crime families,

the Mafias international heroin and cocaine ring in the “Pizza Connection” case,

as well as Wall Street criminal cases.

3) Rudy was mayor of New York for 8 years

He made sweeping changes to law enforcement policies that reduced crime by more than 50%

He led the city and nation through the 09/11 terrorist attacks

4) Rudy graduated from New York University’s law school in 1970, then landed a job as an assistant US attorney in the SDNY

By age 30, he was the offices third-highest ranking prosecutor

5) Rudy worked to convince Robert Leuci (a NY detective) to work undercover w/ their forced to report back about police corruption

53 NY cops were indicted on corruption related allegations based on the evidence

6) Rudy won a conviction against Brooklyn area US congressman Bertram Podell, a Democrat who served time in federal prison for accepting a $41K bribe

7) Rudy was an assistant to President Gerald Ford’s Attorney General Harold Taylor in 1975

In 1976 Giuliani became a partner in a corporate firm in Manhattan - he stayed here until 1981

8) Rudy was appointed Associate Attorney General, the third highest spot in the Justice Department, in the Ronald Reagan administration, under William French Smith

9) Rudy then became US attorney for the Southern District two years later in June 1983

10) Giuliani announced that his top priority as US attorney was to defeat organized crime in New York, where the “five families” lived and operated

By 1984, 350 FBI agents and 100 NY police detectives were investigating the Mob

1k “made” men and 5k Mob associates lived there

11) Giuliani decided to prosecute the leaders of the families and their upper level cohorts together under the federal Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO for conspiring to commit felonies including contract loan murders, loan sharking, extortion, etc.

12) Some names he took down

- Bonanno family boss Phil Ratelli and capo Anthony Indelicato

- Columbo Boss Carmine Persico and member Ralph Scapo

- Gambino Boss Paul Castellano

- Genovese boss Anthony Salerno and member Gennaro Langella

- Lucchese Boss Anthony Corallo

13) (names cont.)

- underboss Salvatore Santoro and consigliere Christopher Furnari

The mobster defendants were convicted in the 21 count indictment and made to serve sentences of 40 - 100 years in prison

14) In June 1988, Giuliani filed suit in New York to force the Teamsters to hold free elections and institute other reforms to eliminate organized crime influence on its locals

Sound familiar?

Yeah I trust this guy