- in new york and some of the other cities like new york, the mafia is still the most significant group for us to deal with. it s infiltrated, to some extent, our political life and our social life. - at the time, you know, it was this kind of stern rudy, you know, we re gonna send a message here. we re gonna show that there s a new kinda moral order in town. - but he happened to come along at a moment when two enormous kind of epochal criminal situations were coming to a head. one was insider trading. - people like robert freeman, a partner at goldman sachs. - and the other was organized crime. so it was a juicy moment for a prosecutor. - i first became aware of rudy as this driven, coal-eyed u.s. prosecutor who radiated a moral fervor.
only pay for what you need. - in new york and some of the other cities like new york, the mafia is still the most significant group for us to deal with. it s infiltrated, to some extent, our political life and our social life. - at the time, you know, it was this kind of stern rudy, you know, we re gonna send a message here. we re gonna show that there s a new kinda moral order in town. - but he happened to come along at a moment when two enormous kind of epochal criminal situations were coming to a head. one was insider trading. - people like robert freeman, a partner at goldman sachs. - and the other was organized crime. so it was a juicy moment for a prosecutor. - i first became aware of rudy as this driven, coal-eyed u.s. prosecutor who radiated a moral fervor.
- but he happened to come along at a moment when two enormous kind of epochal criminal situations were coming to a head. one was insider trading. - people like robert freeman, a partner at goldman sachs. - and the other was organized crime. so it was a juicy moment for a prosecutor. - i first became aware of rudy as this driven, coal-eyed u.s. prosecutor who radiated a moral fervor. he was a very intense character. - if you violate the law, whether it s insider trading or tax evasion or fraud or bribery, a so-called white-collar crime, the overwhelming general rule is that you go to prison. - kind of a crusader knight, which was clearly also kinda how he saw himself.