Joe Batters In the Godfather 2 was the prostitute or mistress that is dead with the Senator was this a setup by the Corleones so they could fix it and have the Senator in their debt?
I'm guessing it was a setup. The alternative is that the Corleones were waiting and hoping for the rather unlikely happenstance that the Senator would (i) kill a hooker (ii) in one of Fredo's brothels.
