Originally posted by dontomasso:
Gery was trying to have it both ways. No doubt he told the Corleones, "Look, there's not mucg I can do here except to try to show that Michael was isolated from any direct orders to kill people, and once I've done that I will excuse myself from the hearings." At the same time he did set up the potential perjury trap they had for Michael.
IMHO, when Michael was not indicted, Geary must have been more relieved than Michael himself. So, I find it unlikely that he was a Roth/Questedt collaborator on the plan to trap Michael with the hidden Pentangeli and the perjury charges. Because the chances were that Michael would find out sooner or later (as he found out about Questedt) and then all hell would break loose - irrespective of the outcome of the hearings. Geary just asked Cicci the obvious question, confirmed that "godfather" is used by Italians out of respect, made the "rotten apples" speech and went home. Michael still had all the cards in this game.
