Mob mentality: how Mueller is working to turn Trump's troops

[Equinox Moon]

As the special counsel ‘flips’ presidential allies one by one, prosecutors see parallels to efforts against organized crime.

Patrick Cotter, a former federal prosecutor who was part of the team that convicted the Gambino family boss John Gotti, said not only is “flipping” a witness fair, it is “exceedingly common” in group investigations.

“This is what you do when you’re investigating the Gambino crime family, or a motorcycle gang, or any other group of criminals that are engaged in a conspiracy,” said Cotter. “You’ve got to get inside. And usually you need somebody on the inside to tell you what’s going on, and that opens up some doors.”

“To play the mafia analogy out a little further,” Goldman said, “mob bosses hold sway over their soldiers because they hold the purse strings for their soldiers and their soldiers’ families, particularly when they go to jail, and they sort of rule with an implicit iron fist that reacts to cooperation with violence up to, potentially, death.

“Trump holds sway over his associates through his presidential pardon power and he’s not afraid to explicitly reference that power in connection to individuals who may have information about his own criminal activity. And so the parallels are very strong.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/08/robert-mueller-donald-trump-loyalty-organized-crime

[Cirque du So-What]

1. The mob certainly doesn't think it's fair to flip witnesses

but, unlike other organized crime mobs, the head of the rump mob has shit-fer-brains and complains openly about how unfair it is.

[peekaloo]

2. Orangey Bulges

my mob nickname for Thump

[ret5hd]

3. Maybe "donnie mushroom"

[jayschool2013]

7. Big Pussy

Or Little Pussy. Take your pick.

[bluedigger]

4. They'll be going to the mattresses next month.

Getting the whole crew out of the WH will be messy.

[pamela]

5. "Yeah, the family had a lot of buffers."

I was thinking about that Godfather quote yesterday. The thing that struck me about the info from the filings was the fact that Trump was so directly implicated. I would have thought he'd have more buffers.

[Aviation Pro]

6. Too stupid....

...to buff.