It was Gotti's 3rd or 4th trial in like 3 years. He was going down regardless IMO. You have to throw pretty much all hypotheticals out the window bc when the feds want someone, they're gonna get him. Especially the guy whose constantly rubbing their nose in it. Gravano was second in command in arguably the biggest cosa nostra family in the country at the time. He also was going down regardless of tapes, which to me, makes his ratting inevitable. He just uses those as his out.