
Ep. 70: Bobby Kennedy and His Enemies (Part 2)
The Re-Education with Eli Lake
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The Mafia Fixes the 1960 Election
Frank Sinatra was not just a tireless campaigner who got his celebrity friends to lend their star power to the cause. FBI surreptitious recordings have revealed that Sam Giancana and his cronies felt double crossed when Bobby Kennedy, the anti-Mob Crusader, began his crackdown on the mafia. Some of these recordings show Giancana openly fantasizing about killing Sinatra or Sammy Davis Jr. and even RFK himself.
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