Regarding Gigante, has it ever been posited that he was acting as a front for Benny Lombardo, Frank Tieri, or someone else? I could've sworn I read that somewhere before.
The Genovese leadership has been and is so deliberately labyrinthine, it can be hard to know what's what regarding who is the real power.
A lot of people thought Tony Salerno was the main answerable guy in that family until Gigante's power became known.
I’m with you on this one Moe. I feel Salerno truly wasn’t a front for anyone. His power was equal to Chin’s and Salerno probably had double Chin’s money. I don’t think it gets talked about enough how Chin’s guys would whisper privately about his act. It was embarrassing for a lot of them.
