Episode 191: Q. John Tamm – Frank Sheeran, The Irishman
FBI Retired Case File Review
Jerri Williams
4.6 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2020
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
Retired agent Q. John Tamm reviews his investigation of Teamster Union Official Frank Sheeran for racketeering and the movie The Irishman, directed by Martin Scorsese with Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci, and starring Robert DeNiro as Frank Sheeran. Tamm specifically addresses Sheeran’s claims he killed Jimmy Hoffa and was a mob hitman. John Tamm is a recognized expert on labor racketeering matters.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 191 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams. |
| 0:12.8 | I'm a retired agent on a mission to show the public who the FBI is and what the FBI does |
| 0:19.6 | through my books, my blog, and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues. |
| 0:25.0 | Today we get to speak to Retired Agent Q. John Tam, who served in the FBI for nearly 30 years. |
| 0:33.5 | He spent most of his career in the Philadelphia Division |
| 0:37.1 | working complex organized crime, |
| 0:39.7 | labor racketeering, political corruption, civil rights, street gangs, and illegal drug |
| 0:46.2 | investigations. |
| 0:47.8 | In this episode, John Tam reviews his investigation of Teamster Union official Frank Sheren for labor racketeering and reviews the movie The Irishman directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert DeNiro as Frank Sharon. |
| 1:07.0 | John Tam addresses Sharon's claims of killing Jimmy Hoffa and being a hitman for the mob. |
| 1:15.0 | Later in his bureau career, Tam served for a short period in the Atlantic City resident |
| 1:20.3 | agency out of the Newark Division and spent several years as a |
| 1:24.6 | supervisory special agent on the Justice Task Force conducting informant |
| 1:30.3 | management evaluations and criminal employee misconduct investigations relating to the John Connolly and Wighty Boulder case in the Boston Division. |
| 1:40.0 | Tams last assignment before retiring was serving as an FBI liaison and member of the professional staff for the 9-11 Commission. |
| 1:50.0 | After retirement, he worked for the government contractor booze Alan Hamilton as a law enforcement and intelligence consultant. |
| 1:59.0 | Currently John Tam is employed as a principal administrative officer of the Presbytery of Eastern Virginia. |
| 2:07.0 | Now before we get to the interview, I have some exciting news. |
| 2:12.8 | FBI retired case file review will be on |
| 2:16.7 | Podcast Row at Crime Con 2020 in Orlando, |
| 2:21.9 | May 1st through May 3rd. |
| 2:25.0 | Now, if you don't know what CrimeCon is, |
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