I said here a few times and many disagree.
Junior when he was acting boss outsmarted the feds.

The feds had convened a grand jury
They were handing out subpoenas

If anyone knows about the process the feds have Targets, Suspects and witnesses

The target is obviously who they trying to get they rarely get called to testify.
The suspects are someone that they think might be involved however do not have enough evidence to make them a target
The witness is someone they believe has info about the targets/suspects.

A lot of times to motivate people to testify they will give a grant of immunity.

The short of the story was that someone in Jr.crew came up with a plan and had a witness under a grant of immunity testify that the he was responsible for those crimes, it wasn’t a murder case it was a bs boookmaking and loan sharking case.

Either way the witnesses they couldn’t charge at that point because he had immunity.

Jr actually talks to sr about it in a taped video visit at the prison.
Jr was talking in code they both were and Sr.’s response to the story was

I guess whoever came up with that plan should be getting their stripes. Elevated to CAPO.

I don’t have the time to search for the story or the video however, it does exist.

Jr was seeking a defense strategy by the way he was the first one to come up with the withdrawal defense.

He also was clearing with some of the other bosses asking if it were ok to call people to testify on his behalf I know he reached out to Basciano who was away as well at the time, Cicile confirmed this on his podcast recently.

Bascino signed off on it was considering a withdrawal strategy however their was too much evidence.

Both Jr and Bascino called people to testify on their behalf.
LCN associated and or members.

At least Bascino was going to.

Anyhow getting back to Jr.

I beleieve the proffer was part of his defense strategy that’s it
It was a way to possibly put smart the feds again.

Give them useless info and maybe they would not try him again.

Nobody got indicted arrested there were no investigations due to his proffer.

The proffer is supposed to be 1000% confidential
The feds hate Jr so much that they leaked the proffer because they knew jr jerked them off.

They went on to try him 3 more times after the proffer

A RAT is someone thy will do anything to save themself
Who did Jr. give up

NO-ONE

You know how many guys proffered through the years
If the feds released that info it would turn LCN on its head.

They would never do that because then no one will ever proffer again.

It doesn’t make it right what he did.
Jr def thinks he is the smartest guy in the room.

It was part two of the grand jury maneuver he pulled.

Let’s be fair and honest here they did not eat.
He def broke omertà but he did not give up a soul.

He was looking at life for two murders.

If he was such rat why didn’t he give up a single crime
When the Luke’s had a beef with Jr. they still went to the Gambino’s and asked about Jr.
And the Gambino’s said do what you want.

If he was a Rat in the eyes of LCN why go to the Gambino’s in the first place.

If someone in LCN had a need with Penesi today would they go to the Luke’s and ask them if he was with them…… NO…… WHY?

The two people that are calling him a rat are Alite and JP the real two rats that took the stand.

Their tune is everyone ratted everyone’s a rat
LCN is dead.

Think about this for a second Jr. is no Rat
He broker omertà, and is now on the shelf.

He is the only guy out there that took on the feds four times and beat them 4-0
And for that I Salute Him….

At anytime he could of actually flipped and gave up 50 guys to take his place, took his money and family and disappeared somewhere like Massino did and many others.

But he never CAVED.

He took his medicine like a man.

Of course all the real rats are going to bash him.
Those are the same guys that gave up 10- 20-50-60 guys and caused a lot of families a lot of pain.

That’s the thing about RATS they trade their suffering for other guys suffering and their families suffering for other families suffering.

They walk free, their kids have their father now.
While the other families kids have no dad, because of the Rats.

Which Kids, went without their father, which wives were without their husband because of JR.

NONE