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as frank costello was already, i think on the radar of law enforcement. i think the key thing about the well, one thing i should say, too, is, you know, the committee tried to when folks would not want to testify, there were. there were repercussions in terms of contempt citations and contempt and prosecutions by the senate and not all of those ended up being supported. they were overturned later on. but the other thing to keep in mind is that the committee wasn't doing a lot to create new information or new charges about crime in the united states. it was really drawing on a lot of work that had been done at that local and state level and bringing it to more popular light. and so in that sense, you know, they weren't there's no real stories of particular criminals who were outed because of the committee. and then and then, you know, prosecuted, hadn't been on the radar before. i will say, though, in some states, even even governors and mayors who were on the list of people that the committee was charging with not doing its job, ultimately did then take a
as frank costello was already, i think on the radar of law enforcement. i think the key thing about the well, one thing i should say, too, is, you know, the committee tried to when folks would not want to testify, there were. there were repercussions in terms of contempt citations and contempt and prosecutions by the senate and not all of those ended up being supported. they were overturned later on. but the other thing to keep in mind is that the committee wasn't doing a lot to create new...
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believe it or not, gene pope's real godfather was the godfather, frank costello, who was a big guy in the mob obviously. pope iii: that's where he got the money, and it was an interest-free loan. why? because he was like family. it's a very italian thing. and that was the start of the "enquirer." sternig: he immediately put the word "national" on it. he envisioned publishing mounds and mounds and mounds of "national enquirers." he was looking for something to sell more copies. ♪ you're fine ♪ ♪ i want you to be mine, oh ♪ calder: one day, he was driving on one of the new york highways, and there was an accident ahead, and everybody slowed down. they're all rubbernecking, and they're looking at the side of the road. pope iii: and he looked at the crowd, and he saw all these people staring at a really gory scene. ♪ i think you're swell ♪ ♪ come close, hold tight ♪ calder: he went, "my god, nobody's doing pictures of that." ♪ send me ♪ he suddenly realized, "this is what i have to do." ♪ tonight and every night ♪ "i got to make a gore rag." ♪ you're slick ♪ so
believe it or not, gene pope's real godfather was the godfather, frank costello, who was a big guy in the mob obviously. pope iii: that's where he got the money, and it was an interest-free loan. why? because he was like family. it's a very italian thing. and that was the start of the "enquirer." sternig: he immediately put the word "national" on it. he envisioned publishing mounds and mounds and mounds of "national enquirers." he was looking for something to sell...
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, before he cleared the courtroom to have more frank words with robert costello. >> just the -- now that aspect was also just concluded. costello's done. >> so costello just stepped off. important to note. but now the defense has just rested its case, guys. so, wow, that happened fast. where did we end up? >> wow. so, one of the things that i think you are going to, that i want to talk about very quickly, is the notion that jurors aren't perceptive. they're very perceptive. when you have a witness on the stand who seems indignant, entitled, who seems as though they have other things better to do than to sit here and answer questions, they pick up on that. and a lot of jurors are not going to look kindly upon that, and so there is the risk that the defense ends up being punished because the notion of one of their witnesses being unlikable becomes awe problem for them. i don't know if costello was prepped. it doesn't seem like he was. if he was, this was a terrible prep. either way, he ended up doing a very bad job on the witness stand and it makes me really question what the utility to mi
, before he cleared the courtroom to have more frank words with robert costello. >> just the -- now that aspect was also just concluded. costello's done. >> so costello just stepped off. important to note. but now the defense has just rested its case, guys. so, wow, that happened fast. where did we end up? >> wow. so, one of the things that i think you are going to, that i want to talk about very quickly, is the notion that jurors aren't perceptive. they're very perceptive....
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the jury needs to hear from bob costello. they need to watch your interview, to be very frank with you. they need to watch his congressional testimony and hear his opening statement which was equally devastating to me. when you put together all of this and you look at stormy daniels, for example. there was a lot of salacious innuendo in her joking and demeanor and so on and so forth. here is the problem. the biden donor judge allowed this to come up in this case. all of it is irrelevant. all of it is im material. none of it has anything to do with the rule of law or the charges at hand. all of this is based on quote a bookkeeping error that was a misdemeanor whose statute of limitations had passed and they try to upgrade this into a felony using this obscene and frankly unprecedented legal theory of theirs. none of the law has been explained to the jury in all of this. and i think professor dershowitz made a great case about this. the idea that michael cohen, for example, taped his client. okay, in the case of bob costello. h
the jury needs to hear from bob costello. they need to watch your interview, to be very frank with you. they need to watch his congressional testimony and hear his opening statement which was equally devastating to me. when you put together all of this and you look at stormy daniels, for example. there was a lot of salacious innuendo in her joking and demeanor and so on and so forth. here is the problem. the biden donor judge allowed this to come up in this case. all of it is irrelevant. all of...
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, that early legal advisor to michael cohen you've heard so much about, very frank and comfortable in his own skin, he's going to resume a lot of that testimony tomorrow. so it could be more fireworks to look forward to, depending on your point of view. nate foy following all of it. nate. >> trump attorney todd blanch is asking the judge to dismiss the case right now after the jury had been dismissed from the courtroom. he says there's no evidence, he being blanch, that any business records were falsified and no evidence of intent, no evidence that former president donald trump did anything to influence the 2016 presidential election. anything that was unlawful. he says that the prosecution simply hasn't proven that. the jury was dismissed in the middle of bob costello's cross-examination. he took the stand today. he's the third witness to take the stand so far. he confirms that he knew that cohen was trump's personal attorney when cohen consulted with him in 2018. he confirms that he told his son that he would be part of the team representing cohen. and he got into detail about some
, that early legal advisor to michael cohen you've heard so much about, very frank and comfortable in his own skin, he's going to resume a lot of that testimony tomorrow. so it could be more fireworks to look forward to, depending on your point of view. nate foy following all of it. nate. >> trump attorney todd blanch is asking the judge to dismiss the case right now after the jury had been dismissed from the courtroom. he says there's no evidence, he being blanch, that any business...
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narrator: frank stella, they fob for hearings. was that the senator idea to bring camerafoit? he got a lot of press for it, he was convinced he was infiltration of organized crime thought the only way he could really educate the public was bring the hearings to television were almost in full con they became a bit of a television sensation. the newspaper headliscreaming things like, this major . it was a big success really in that way. it didn't do any harm to the his status rose and he became a household name and anttial election succumb, but it also showed an important part of the senate that people prior that time had little knowledge of and that was its investigatory role. it was a well handled, well investigation. it h in crime bosses and great figures like costello from the world testified, some of them didn't. on be shown on television, they only showed hi in the camera and that in and of itself became a televisual fingers of organized crime. but end, it showed that television had a role to playwork of the senate. host: betty senators allowed to edit anything that they s
narrator: frank stella, they fob for hearings. was that the senator idea to bring camerafoit? he got a lot of press for it, he was convinced he was infiltration of organized crime thought the only way he could really educate the public was bring the hearings to television were almost in full con they became a bit of a television sensation. the newspaper headliscreaming things like, this major . it was a big success really in that way. it didn't do any harm to the his status rose and he became a...
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narrator: frank stella, the. it? of press for it, he was convinced he was t infiltration of organized crime inay he could really educate the public wasthe hearings to television and have were almost in full content. th became a bit of a television sensation. the newspaper headlines were aming things like, this major event has come toleas a big success really in that way. it didn't do any harm to the his status rose and he became a household name and a contendeection succumb, but it also showed an that people prior toat was its investigatory role. it was a well handled, well investigation. it had some intere in crime bosses and great figures from the world of organizeome of them didn't. one of be shown on television, they only showed his hands fidgetingd that in and of itself became a televisual moment of organized crime. but end, it showed that television had a role to playate. host: betty allowed to edit anything that they say on the floor so of historical record? betty: they are. every day they produce a congressio
narrator: frank stella, the. it? of press for it, he was convinced he was t infiltration of organized crime inay he could really educate the public wasthe hearings to television and have were almost in full content. th became a bit of a television sensation. the newspaper headlines were aming things like, this major event has come toleas a big success really in that way. it didn't do any harm to the his status rose and he became a household name and a contendeection succumb, but it also showed...