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 invoke my right under the 5th amendment of the United States constitution and decline to answer the question.
