Dellacroce, I believe that was in the LToLL. The supposed plan was to get in Dewey's good graces....and after he was in a position of power, he could potentially commute his sentence. So, he received contributions in his run for governor and for the presidency. Again, since it was in the Last Testament, I have no idea how true it is....although he did sign off on Luciano being released and deported after WWII.

I agree with what irritated you about the movie.....Luciano and Dewey were not friends at all before the trial. And the movie portrayed Dewey as being on the take, when in fact, he was a special prosecutor gearing up to take down Schultz, Luciano, Waxey, Lepke, and had his sights set on Genovese. It was wrong, imo, to take a successful crime crusader and portray him as a crooked politician on the take.