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Roland99

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11. I could see that from the trump side

Reply to canetoad (Reply #10)

Fri Aug 28, 2020, 07:39 AM

Aug 2020

But the mob bosses generally avoided drugs for the most part, eh?

https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/15/nyregion/drug-dealing-was-banned-by-mob-us-witness-says.html

Under cross-examination, Salvatore (Sammy Bull) Gravano conceded yesterday that any member of the Gambino crime family who dealt in drugs in the 1970's and 1980's would have been risking his life by breaking the family's rule against drug trafficking.

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LincolnsBible thread - Linking trump org to Manhattan mob [View all] Roland99 Aug 2020 OP

I never made the connection while watching it Roland99 Aug 2020 #1

Oops! malaise Aug 2020 #3

Daaaaaamn Roland99 Aug 2020 #4

K&R! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #2

Full unrolled thread Roland99 Aug 2020 #5

Anyone who knows about construction in NYC musette_sf Aug 2020 #6

This is also a good read from Lincoln/s Bible with more detail. GemDigger Aug 2020 #7

Thanks...came across this, too (with citations) Roland99 Aug 2020 #9

Trump's name was mentioned on the tapes in episode 3 about 19 million dollars. sarcasmo Aug 2020 #8

This is purely anecdotal canetoad Aug 2020 #10

I could see that from the trump side Roland99 Aug 2020 #11

Kick. lunatica Aug 2020 #12

Kick and Rec suegeo Aug 2020 #13