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A young Rudy Giuliani once grilled a soon-to-be convicted corrupt politician about contracts he signed with Donald Trump days before leaving city government to work for a law firm associated with Trump
"In the 1980s, if you said that Rudy Giuliani had been indicted on RICO charges, someone would've thought it was a bad 'Saturday Night Live' skit," said a colleague from his days as a prosecutor.
giuliani also used the rico laws to go after corruption in politics. one of the ways he kick-started his own electoral career in the city of new york was turning his office, the u.s. attorney s office, attention to the democratic political machine of the city, which he was, of course, going to run against, in the race for mayor. in 1986, he took down stanley friedman on racketeering charges. that was a democrat from the bronx, one of new york s most powerful political figures, as the new york times painted at the time. by his own admission, rudy used rico law against his political enemies, including the man whose job he wanted. , democratic mayor ed conche. the rico statute, i was the first one to use the racketeering statute for a public corruption. i did it against most of ed koch s administration. [laughter] well, ed wasn t paying attention, while they were stealing millions. think about this. the u.s. attorney that wants