Vito tried to get permission from the commission to kill costello a few times before and they would'nt give it, so he tried to kill him against thier will and nothing happened to him, from mu understanding he also killed anastasia without thier permission and still, nothing happenned
"McGurn likes you, so I make you. So you are now one of us, if you fuck up, we take it out on McGurn. He is your sponsor. Fuck up, it's his ass. You work in his crew, he is your capo."
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