"Now I Have a Target," Junior Gotti Says
REVISED SLIGHTLY: A preview video, from John A. "Junior" Gotti's website, refers to the 302 "proffer memo" released in George Anastasia's Gotti's Rules: The Story of John Alite, Junior Gotti, and the Demise of the American Mafia (now available in the UK) as well as charges made by Gotti and his attorney previously regarding an FBI agent.
Gotti is discussing the 302 in reference to a larger effort to discover who was behind an alleged "Get Gotti" campaign supposedly run by an FBI agent. Peter Lance writes about the campaign in the book's forward.
This is the second preview video. In the first video Junior discussed his reasons for writing his book, Shadow of My Father.
As we noted previously, Gotti and attorney Charles Carnesi have claimed that Junior's fourth RICO trial was the result of an overzealous law enforcement official with an agenda. He was either out to get Junior for personal reasons or was seeking to capitalize on the publicity of the Gotti name.
He added, "Back then, as you know there is a shield law... [meaning] "Well someone whispered in my ear and I don't know how it got there." [unintelligible]
"Now, thanks to this guy, who is really not very bright, he's proud as a peacock. This gets leaked by an agent, we believe we know who. He's got his name on the bottom and he gives it to the book and says "Yeah, it's me, it's me, it's me." Well, now I have a target. Now he just gave me a target. Because now it starts with him and now I get to the bottom of all my troubles since 2006, I can get to the bottom of it right now."
Gotti is discussing the 302 in reference to a larger effort to discover who was behind an alleged "Get Gotti" campaign supposedly run by an FBI agent. Peter Lance writes about the campaign in the book's forward.
This is the second preview video. In the first video Junior discussed his reasons for writing his book, Shadow of My Father.
As we noted previously, Gotti and attorney Charles Carnesi have claimed that Junior's fourth RICO trial was the result of an overzealous law enforcement official with an agenda. He was either out to get Junior for personal reasons or was seeking to capitalize on the publicity of the Gotti name.
Part of the charges included a newspaper reporter. Carnesi previously said, "Some agent intimately involved in the case must have had a relationship with a New York Post reporter... she starts writing a series of articles with revelations she alleges are coming from a law enforcement source."
[The excerpts to Gotti's book.]
[The excerpts to Gotti's book.]
“So we go into court and we challenge Kati Cornell Smith to disclose the source of the leaks, believing that they came from Ted Otto. She invokes the New York Shield Law which protects reporters’ sources. But when asked if she does have a ‘law enforcement source,’ she affirms under oath that her story is truthful in that regard."
Gesturing at a number of pages tacked to a cork-board behind and above him, Gotti said, "These are all our letters and filings that we've done since 2006 asking various individuals from the US Attorney to the Attorney General that there is wrongdoing going on in our case, mainly by a case agent. That there's wrongdoing going on here. I've been demanding a hearing since 2006. I never ran away from this. But I wanted a hearing about it. How it got there, to the press, the content, everything, the whole kit and caboodle."
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Gesturing at a number of pages tacked to a cork-board behind and above him, Gotti said, "These are all our letters and filings that we've done since 2006 asking various individuals from the US Attorney to the Attorney General that there is wrongdoing going on in our case, mainly by a case agent. That there's wrongdoing going on here. I've been demanding a hearing since 2006. I never ran away from this. But I wanted a hearing about it. How it got there, to the press, the content, everything, the whole kit and caboodle."
He added, "Back then, as you know there is a shield law... [meaning] "Well someone whispered in my ear and I don't know how it got there." [unintelligible]
"Now, thanks to this guy, who is really not very bright, he's proud as a peacock. This gets leaked by an agent, we believe we know who. He's got his name on the bottom and he gives it to the book and says "Yeah, it's me, it's me, it's me." Well, now I have a target. Now he just gave me a target. Because now it starts with him and now I get to the bottom of all my troubles since 2006, I can get to the bottom of it right now."