Hey guys, today on Gangland Wire, we're going to dive in one of the most explosive claims in American history, I would say.

That was, did the mob have anything to do with the murder of JFK and RFK?

Most importantly, in this show, was going to be about RFK.

Carlos Marcello, did he do it?

Did he orchestrate it?

What's the deal?

We're going to look into it with a man

named Mark Shaw who's got a new book out on it. He's uncovered some evidence. It's challenges a lot of

stuff that we thought we knew. So hang on, guys. Aaron Cohen began to expose a goings-on in Louisiana,

which eventually came to the attention of Robert

Kennedy and a Senate committee investigating corruption.

Through Robert Kennedy's efforts in the Justice Department, our organized crime

and racketeering section really was established.

That was a Robert Kennedy brainchild to concentrate a group of

prosecutors who was specially trained to engage in traditional organized crime investigations.

Marcello and other mobsters who appeared before the committee refused to acknowledge the existence

of the mafia.

Even FBI director J. Edgar Hoover seemed to concur.

For the reason for Marcello's absence, he was still subpoenaed to appear before the McClellan Committee.

Marcello defiantly pleaded the Fifth Amendment to 66 questions that Robert Kennedy directed toward him.

His arrogance and contempt for the

proceedings provided even more incentive for Robert Kennedy to attack the mafia. Marcello even

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