Originally Posted by Lana
You are not wrong!

The chairman was going easy on Michael instead of - So, what's your answer gonna be, Don Corleone
Michael answering the chairman's questions was child's play!

We have testimony from a witness, a previous witness, one Willie Cicci. He has stated that you are the head of the most powerful Mafia family in this country Are you? No I'm not

The witness has testified that you are personally responsible for the murder of a New York City police Caption in 1947 and with him a man named Virgil Sollozzo You deny this? Yes I do

Is it true? that in the year 1950 you devised the murder of the heads of the so called five families in New York to assume and consolidate your nefarious power That's a complete falsehood

“No, no I am going to allow Mr. Corleone to read his statement I'll put it in the record” against the advice of the senator and Questadt



But that was the whole point of the perjury trap: Give Michael the opportunity to tell easy lies under oath and then produce a surprise witness to contradict him.

That might not be enough to convict Michael in court but it would ruin his veneer of legitimacy and allow the gambling commission to drive Michael from the casino industry.

"A man in my position cannot afford to be made to look ridiculous!"