Lawyers for John Gotti Jr., Carmine Tramunti and Dominick Trinchera say mobsters are ‘f****** thrilled’ Rudy Giuliani  has been indicted on RICO charges – which he used to take down the Mafia in the 1980s

• Lawyers for mafia members who battled with Rudy Giuliani over RICO charges he used on their clients have spoken out about the former mayor’s indictment
• As a federal prosecutor in Manhattan in the 1980s, Giuliani was a trailblazer in the use of RICO laws 
• Murray Richman, a lawyer who represented several of the mafiosos Giuliani took on, said that his clients are ‘f**king thrilled’ and ‘laughing’ 

Lawyers for mafia members who once did battle with Rudy Giuliani, who became famous for using RICO charges to take down mobsters, say their clients are having the last laugh given the former NYC mayor’s recent criminal charges. 

Former president Donald Trump, Giuliani and 17 others were indicted on Monday night by a grand jury in Fulton County on 41 RICO-related counts over their alleged efforts to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia. 

As a federal prosecutor in Manhattan in the 1980s, Giuliani was a trailblazer in the use of RICO laws to dismantle the mob, successfully using the federal version to prosecute the heads of New York’s so-called ‘Five Families’ in the marathon Mafia Commission Trial.

Murray Richman, a lawyer who represented several of the mafiosos Giuliani took on, said that his clients are ‘f**king thrilled’ and ‘laughing’ at what’s happened to Giuliani.

It goes beyond politics, Richman said, as he noted half of his clients ‘freaking love’ Trump.

Former president Donald Trump, Giuliani and 17 others were indicted on Monday night by a grand jury in Fulton County on 41 RICO-related counts over their alleged efforts to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia  

Murray Richman (pictured left), a lawyer who represented several of the mafiosos Giuliani took on, said that his clients are ‘f**king thrilled’ and ‘laughing’ at what’s happened to Giuliani

‘All of them are almost unified in their position of hating f**king Rudy,’ he told The Messenger. 

‘I don’t want to say the language, but they really ripped Rudy a new a**hole,’ added Richman, who represented the late Lucchese family boss Carmine ‘Mr. Gribbs’ Tramunti and Dominick ‘Big Trin’ Trinchera, a Bonnano family capo killed in a 1981 power struggle. 

Richman’s not alone, as former John Gotti Jr. lawyer Jeffrey Lichtman echoed the sentiments.

‘All of my clients who had the misfortune of being prosecuted by him are laughing now,’ he said. ‘As am I.’ 

‘I’m thrilled that Rudy will now experience what it feels like to be on the wrong end of a RICO prosecution – with a mandatory five years in prison facing him,’ Lichtman added.

The federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act originated in 1970 as a tool to fight organized crime. 

The law enabled prosecutors to target people in positions of authority within a criminal organization, not just lower-level people doing the dirty work.

But its use was never meant to be limited exclusively to organized crime. 

As a federal prosecutor in Manhattan in the 1980s, Giuliani was a trailblazer in the use of RICO laws to dismantle the mob, successfully using the federal version to prosecute the heads of New York’s so-called ‘Five Families’ in the marathon Mafia Commission Trial 

Dominick ‘Big Trin’ Trinchera, a Bonnano family capo killed in a 1981 power struggle, was one of Richman’s clients whom Giuliani took down

Carmine Tramunti, reputed boss of the Lucchese crime family, was another Richman client

Former John ‘Junior’ Gotti lawyer Jeffrey Lichtman echoed the sentiments. ‘All of my clients who had the misfortune of being prosecuted by him are laughing now,’ he said. ‘As am I’

Lichtman represented Gambino crime family boss John Gotti Jr (pictured right)

The US Supreme Court noted in a 1989 opinion that the law was drafted ‘broadly enough to encompass a wide range of criminal activity, taking many different forms and likely to attract a broad array of perpetrators.’

Within a few years of the federal law taking effect, many states began passing their own RICO laws, including Georgia, which adopted its version in 1980. 

‘It’s not just an ironic result but it’s a just result. He was a horribly dishonest prosecutor and the wheel of karma is about to crush him,’ Lichtman noted.

Ron Kuby, who represented Gambino associate Stephen ‘Sigmund the Sea Monster’ Sergio, also noted the irony.

‘It is just delightful to watch the guy who expanded RICO prosecutions well beyond their original intent, and did so grasping for the biggest headlines, to watch him be indicted by the very law that he championed.’

Kuby said he hasn’t heard from any of his clients but said that he’s gotten some ‘thrilled and delighted’ reactions from family members.

He added it was ‘a sad day in America’ but couldn’t stop laughing. 

In a Newsmax interview with Eric Bolling, the ex-NYC Mayor and Donald Trump’s former personal attorney slammed Willis for her application of Georgia’s version of the RICO Act.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks in the Fulton County Government Center during a news conference on August 14 after indictments were announced against Donald Trump and others

Newsmax host Eric Bolling interviewed Rudy Giuliani Tuesday night about the use of the RICO Act in the 41 count indictment filed by Fani Willis on Monday

https://youtube.com/watch?v=GH8qjr4PgP8%3Frel%3D0

‘This is not meant for election disputes. I mean, this is ridiculous what she’s doing,’ Giuliani said on Tuesday. 

Giuliani was named as one of 18 co-defendants alongside  Trump in a wide-ranging case that pertains to election interference in the aftermath of the 2020 election in Georgia. 

Giuliani slammed Willis’ indictment as a ‘ridiculous application of the racketeering statute.’

Each of the 19 defendants is charged with violating Georgia’s RICO Act, among other counts related to Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election results.

‘There’s probably no one that knows it better than I do. Probably some that know it as well. I was the first one to use it in white-collar cases,’ he said.

‘Also, I don’t know if she realizes it because she seems like a pretty incompetent, sloppy prosecutor. I mean what she did yesterday with that indictment is inexcusable. If she worked for me, I would’ve fired her,’ he added, referring to the fact that the indictment was posted online before the Grand Jury had voted to file the charges.

Trump, Giuliani and 17 others were indicted on Monday night by a grand jury in Fulton County on 41 counts over their efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia

The indictment in Georgia against former President Donald Trump is photographed Monday, August 14

The indictment hitting the web before the Grand Jury vote implied, among other things, that Willis had already decided to indict prior to hearing what the Grand Jury had to say, the former mayor said. 

When Bolling asked Giuliani why Willis had opted to use the RICO charge against the defendants, he said: ‘Because she’s a politician and not a lawyer. Not an honest, honorable lawyer.’

Giuliani was charged with 13 counts – the same number Trump – including violation of the RICO Act, false statements and writings, conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree, and solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer.

All of the defendants were charged in connection to alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia – a state Joe Biden narrowly won and helped secure his victory over Trump. 

The indictment joins all 18 defendants together using Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, law, which is based on the similar federal statute created in 1970 to target organized crime.

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