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Mob Nearly Iced Rudy in '80s

The federal prosecutor narrowly avoided earning a Mafia hit in the 198s

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 25, 2007 1:52 PM CDT

(Newser) – Rudy Giuliani could’ve slept with the fishes but for a 3-2 vote among New York’s five Mafia bosses not to put a contract on the then-federal prosecutor in the mid-'80s. Among the two younger hotheads who wanted to whack the GOP's current presidential frontrunner was none other than John Gotti, the Post reports.

The revelation came from new FBI documents and puts the nixed hit around the time Giuliani put away top don Carmine Persico for 100 years; Persico cast the other vote to rub him out. The leaders of La Cosa Nostra likely didn’t cast ballots in person; three of them were likely behind bars at the time.

USA. New York City. 1994. Kaicho (Grandmaster) Tadashi Nakamura of the World Seido Karate Organization looks on as Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is presented with an award. (NYC31096)
USA. New York City. 1994. Kaicho (Grandmaster) Tadashi Nakamura of the World Seido Karate Organization looks on as Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is presented with an award. (NYC31096)   (Magnum Photos)
USA. New York City. 1995. Mayor Rudolph GIUILIANI dances with his wife, Donna HANOVER, amongst revelers in Times Square on the 50th anniversary of V-J day. (PAR115642)
USA. New York City. 1995. Mayor Rudolph GIUILIANI dances with his wife, Donna HANOVER, amongst revelers in Times Square on the 50th anniversary of V-J day. (PAR115642)   (Magnum Photos)
John Gotti Jr. enters Manhattan federal court in this Wednesday, March 8, 2006 file photo, in New York.  Gotti is selling his estate and preparing for an eventual move to the South, far from the region where his father was a notorious mob boss.  Gotti, 43, plans to place the...
John Gotti Jr. enters Manhattan federal court in this Wednesday, March 8, 2006 file photo, in New York. Gotti is selling his estate and preparing for an eventual move to the South, far from the region...   (Associated Press)
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