Richard Nixon became a criminal when, as president, he received money from Cosa Nostra to pardon Jimmy Hoffa in 1971, as well as the Watergate scandal. Ronald Reagan became a criminal with his connection to the Iran-Contra affair and the tens of thousands he helped slaughter in El Salvador.
Donald Trump was a Mafia operative and engaged in numerous felonies as he was sworn in as president. Roy Cohn, infamous Cosa Nostra lawyer for Sam Giancanna, Santos Trafficante and Johnny Roselli, was Trump’s lawyer back in the 1970s. Trump’s good friend mob boss, Nicholas Scarfo in New Jersey, helped maintain his casinos in the 1980s. Thirty-seven hundred former Trump University students have filed a class action against the university for fraud.
His administration is replete with people prefabricating under oath and felonies being committed. Michael Flynn received $500,000 as a lobbyist for Turkey, did not register as a foreign agent, and lied about his relationship with Russia to the vice president. Paul Manafort received $10 million from Russian oligarchs when previously he denied having a relationship with them during the time he was Trump’s campaign manager. When revelations of Carter Page, who was a senior advisor during the Trump campaign, and his connection with Russia led to two downgrades of Pages’ connection with the campaign, Trump said, “I did not know him.”
How egregious can the daily lies that come out of this administration get? Michael Francese, former member of the Colombo Crime Family, said “Cosa Nostra is evil.” In the minds of many, that is applicable to what is going on at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
