Michael Franzese: There Were Talks of Putting a Hit on Rudy Giuliani & Geraldo Rivera (Part 12)

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In this clip, Michael Franzese spoke about his single encounter with Rudy Giuliani who was then a prosecutor in Manhattan. Michael detailed how there were rumblings of a hit being put out on Giuliani but ultimately never materialized because of the subsequent fallout would've outweighed carrying out the hit.

[@nerdlarge4691]

The Mafia wanted to knock off Guiliani because he was prosecuting them. They wanted to kill Geraldo because he was just annoying...Makes sense.

[@illwitness]

Annoying, lol

[@Ohms_Won]

Rivera was the first to air the Zapruder film. He was all over the JFK assassination. I think this is the more likely story.

[@anwjuice]

He right. You kill a cop you might as well say your goodbyes because you going get the needle

[@anwjuice]

@@mrtraa2639 Albert Anastisa off a dude for ratting on Willie Sutton, a guy he didn't even know. Differnt to back then. He tells you right here why they never did because the whole force of the government would of came down on them and sent a final crushing blow to mob. It would of been game over. Mafia would of been nada left and people would be sittingnon death row. This isn't a movie or a video game.

[@APOCALYPSE_X-MEN]

@@anwjuice Albert Anastasia having that witness/informant murdered is what ultimately led to the slowly growing acknowledgement of the American Mafia and his own murder in 1957.

[@adammac6386]

Rudy Giuliani has a huge pair.

[@abhinandanbanerjee5471]

That's why he needs to tuck it in.

[@justinlecroy3579]

He knew they wouldn't hit him.

[@maxwellmichaelangelo]

The Italians gotta have the best crime/gangsta stories I’ve ever heard they damn near should make a Netflix or Hulu series outta every story

[@DJBANnumb3r1]

They do lol every mob movie and doc known to man lol just look them up they are all excellent

[@Hingle_McCringleberry87]

I'd rather see Glaze story at this point.

[@nathanprescott6913]

Maxwell Michaelangelo u just not outside enough I know people personally in the streets who got amazing stories . Life gets interesting when you living illegal

[@nojuststfu2942]

Its only 10% of what is talked about theres much more stories

[@maxwellmichaelangelo]

Duley Burner these are facts I’m just a college athlete doing the school boy stuff lol

[@kevinsearch6527]

The mob wanted Geraldo to sleep with the fishes but I talked them out of it TK Kirkland

[@henrywilliamsiii1120]

Naw; he told God to say 'LET THERE BE LIGHT!' and later told him to create mankind in his own image, then convinced Satan that God was wrong and to rebel against Him!😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Albanianguy9]

I met him on a delta first class flight from Vegas to anchorage. I turned to him and said “ hey, are you the guy that beat guillani 5 times? And he said yes and shook my hand. He’s very humble and respectful.

[@111voodoo]

🇦🇱

[@111voodoo]

My all time favorite mobster after my cousin vuksan vulaj who rolled with these guys in the 80’s

[@bigal5921]

Hey I recognized your channel. Love your Casino videos. I’ve watched them over a thousand times.

[@Albanianguy9]

Alex F I’m not from Kosovo dumbass. Why don’t you do more research before you open ur mouth

[@111voodoo]

He’s talking to me! It’s all good

[@bilalc4415]

"If we have an informant, we'll take care of that guy!" Sounded scarier coming from him. Lol

[@HatersHaveOpinion1]

"I'm seein' body after body and our mayor Giuliani. Ain't tryin' to see no black man turn to John Gotti" - Biggie Smalls

[@OGGOAT23]

Mafia=black culture only in an other way

[@soulrebel6309]

That's my favorite Biggie song of all time and very underated

[@Discipleofyeshuahamaschiach]

Giuliani ain't want to see another Italian turn to Jon Gotti so that's just a rhyme.

[@soulrebel6309]

@House of Savoy black people were already in America moron

[@HatersHaveOpinion1]

@@OGGOAT23 New York Rappers in the 90's worshipped Italian Mobsters. Just listen to Biggie, Raekwon, Ghostface, Nas, Mobb Deep. They wanted to be Italian so bad lol

[@trishtrish2349]

This is proof that real OGs do not like publicity

[@Shark_King325]

el terrible Gotti was a self centered asshole who loves publicity and brought attention to himself and the organization

[@heff434]

Vlad-"So did you know Vito Corleone?"

[@hugonongbri8100]

Lemme tell you this......I was friendly with the whole Corleone clan............that Fredo though, always rubbed me the wrong way..

[@marleymarsss]

😭😭😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@marleymarsss]

Yo this is one of the funniest comments I ever seen 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@oualidtrabelsi5784]

🤣🤣👍🏽

[@dareal2669]

Mannnn 😭😭😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dymesmimi]

Michael disposition is so smooth. It's so rare to see a man that's forthcoming but yet reserve. He needs to teach an etiquette class.

[@mactire6045]

I know a tonne of people try to discredit this guy and call him a liar, but he has told these stories multiple times and has never changed a word. Same stories, same details.

[@leroypope6739]

"the conversation to take them both out came up but I stepped in and said it would be catastrophic for business" TK Kirkland

[@cc-92]

I hate how Vlad weaves other people in his interviews so much.

[@SutekhDaSteemroller]

It's self serving but it was kinda relevant to this conversation

[@misterdabalina4694]

It's all relevant though

[@FFx16459]

@@misterdabalina4694 this time.. Other time he's just name dropping

[@cc-92]

MISTER DABALINA not really, Vlad literally dropped 69’s name while interviewing a former high level mobster🤦🏾‍♂️

[@m33lover]

@@cc-92 Who gives a shit? Its still a great interview.

[@sixburgh64ss]

I definitely wasn't expecting the second name to be Geraldo's. 😆

[@westhomas5870]

I'm not mad, I'm proud of you. You took your first pinch like a man and you learn two great things in your life. Look at me, never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut.

[@beachbong933]

It's kind of too bad that whole Giuliani and Geraldo Rivera thing didn't work out.

[@hngbones]

This guy is mentioned in Good Fellas... There's a scene when they're all on a bar setting and Ray Liottas character is naming everyone... He names one of the guys in the room Michael Franzese!!!

[@calebwinfield1403]

@GPAGE Nah in the long take where we see the club, it's Michael and not his dad

[@SR-hf3hx]

When they mentioned fat cat and gibbs his face was priceless....like gangsters? Really?

[@hectorbartlett567]

This dude is one of the smartest men alive ... I could listen to him all day and night!

[@dawolf856]

As a native New Yorker, I wouldn't have missed (or cared) if Guiliani OR Geraldo got hit... but honestly, any idiot knows, that would've been EXTREMELY bad all around.

[@richardb6068]

I wish the host wouldn’t discuss third parties so much with a gem of an interview like this

[@rkeykrew4069]

I never understood why gotti never got hit for all the attention he brought to the mob

[@Lil_tro_Vert]

Cause gotti was the don and Sammy wasn’t for none

[@delanoblanco2248]

Am still waiting on the clip when when asking him about 2pac's death, SUGE's stupidity and NAS' choice of beats😂

[@nattylight9494]

Release the full interview please. Watching it in this split format is mad annoying im missing parts here

[@heruammen8522]

Triple OG status! I still wouldn't cross this dude even to this day.

[@helenclarke4735]

He says that it is always a part of you. Certain places and situations still trigger a reaction in him. Sounds like an alcoholic.

[@user-dp7td7fj1l]

Them mimicking Hollywood destroyed the mafias secrecy

[@anthonymoody3826]

This guy is a good interview

[@raviolihands5347]

EVERYBODY wanted Rudy’s head back in the 90s he the reason why them stop and frisk laws exist in nyc smh

[@301larussomusic]

“We was already moulded into people's minds as mulignanes Now we more fucked up with a mayor named Giuliani”

[@noname-qb7ir]

Who shot rudy

[@andrewchatmon]

Bloomberg..

[@jujumontana2171]

buck fiddy typical Democrat blaming a Republican for what a Democrat did lol

[@kaywya96]

Andrew Chatmon lol right stop and frisk only applies to blacks

[@ralfiejr34]

"I'm bustin' at Giuliani, he's rubbin' my niggas wrong." Tupac

[@dropsixteentvtv4149]

They ain't really care about that cop, it was a boost in their campaign which they already were doing the war on drugs

[@mr.cangieter8758]

Ironically they were more responsible for the drigs in the first place. Look into the Iran Contra Scandal by Al Profit.

[@str8kronic]

Where can we watch full interview uninterrupted

[@freaker126]

this reminds me of a tv show or movie about someone in the mob who was told not to show off his earnings so that the cops won't be able to trace. Everything was paid cash and you're not supposed to buy nice cars or jewelry etc.

[@metamorphicorder]

Well its like the scene in goodfellas with the Lufthansa heist. They doled out the money and said here it is, but sit on it and let things cool down. All they had to do was sit on it for a year or three, they could have a comfortable life from that no doubt in the mean time. Certainly no bills would be missed, but some people had to go get the new expensive cars, the fur coats eating at the best places and just acting like they won the lotto. Well they were warned.

[@HandleGF]

"It was like shaking hands with Satan" - Joe Queenan on meeting Geraldo.

[@donvitocascioferro4040]

Reading the comments there’s sure is a lot of hate for Giuliani 😂

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Rightfully so

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

@Michael Oberg Lmao

[@ImranAli-tm3rq]

I want more info on Persico he is an interesting character in mafia history...but theres not much info on what he was like..

[@ImranAli-tm3rq]

@Nat Roberts Snake is the only thing people know about him...but the guy was with the Gallos, wacked albert anastasia with Gambino...and possibly wacked gallo..ruled the colombo family (including the grim reaper) and was central to all the colombo wars...and yet guys like Gotti get alot more coverage..

[@alistent21]

All the persico are allways in jail

[@charlottemclaurin1890]

The snake it is just Google him he magot food now

[@chi-nation7686]

The story on how he got his nickname is a good one .

[@JohnDoeTheGoodGuy]

He was conniving, deceitful and dangerous. He betrayed most of the people above him and climbed the ladder to become boss on the corpses of others.

[@ianspangler1380]

I once was friends with Giuliani and am the reason he made it out alive. I kept him in hiding down in Idaho for 6 years and fed him nothing but bread and water - TK Kirkland

[@grahamhill9499]

Get the papers get the papers

[@Ghostkilla773]

One of the main reasons why a cartel set was eradicated. They had tortured and murdered a DEA agent

[@capoislamort100]

Jerome Marshall when did that happen?

[@Ghostkilla773]

@@capoislamort100 like 70s or 80s. Kiki Camereno was his name.

[@Ghostkilla773]

@@capoislamort100 aas the Guadalajara cartel

[@capoislamort100]

Jerome Marshall thanks for the info brother

[@genghiskahn1989]

How was it eradicated?

[@rodbelding9523]

I cant believe this man just openly talks about all the stuff he talks about, if the mafia still exists how isnt he dead honestly

[@xingier6110]

There was an immedient hit on him, he managed to evade it. After that, he's been out of New York and the Mob is in an entirely new era right now.

[@lethal5flow679]

This guys interviews are so fuckin dope. If infominds is willing to cross the color barrier, I know they'd make an ILL piece on him.

[@tycobb2580]

if they would have gone through with those two hits they're be less annoying people on TV today

[@k7evin72]

Damn! Woulda really helped us out!

[@kidkid985]

I wish they could have gotten Rivera

[@MAruGGs]

now im thinking of all the lines about Giuliani from rappers from the mid to late 90s. He was going O.D. with the whole broken windows policing.Him and Bratton

[@MAruGGs]

rudy went after everything when he came. Times square was totally different before him also, he was bringing heat everywhere. Ny was like the wild west back then

[@maciedixon3983]

He’s a legend and deserves respect no matter how much the left hates them now

[@youngking2401]

Dope intervew

[@candicecantoo92]

Hey Paisan, Shout out from Sin City!!! Pizzini in the House!

[@SoTrue144]

You can't out Mob the Mob(Gov)

[@thomasackerly2410]

Didn't they go after Curtis Silwia

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

4:40 "...and they *tried* to maintain that..." To be fair, they *successfully* maintained it. Even the generation after the Mustache Petes maintained it. Why? Because they weren't as greedy. They were satisfied with their slice of the pie, and understood the benefits of stability. Recent generations, on the other hand, got thirsty for power on an unprecedented level and got routinely carried away by their baseless egos. As a result, they ended up with nothing. Franzese is somewhat exceptional, but it's HIS generation who did the most damage to the mob's position in America.

[@ShaqsBlurryVisionNetwork]

He’s just okay with admitting that ...

[@mr.cangieter8758]

Immunity...

[@joeyrko1]

That guy right there my friends is a REAL gangster....

[@scottsomkhit544]

Funny because Rudy Giuliani did say that the mob couldn’t get him in a interview

[@RobRoythefirst]

Ask him about the rizzutos up in canada

[@3m5r56]

Please ask Michael when Colombo was hit. Who he thinks ordered it? Did he think there would be a mob war and who would be his direct and indirect enemies.

[@theeggreat4]

Now it’s all fucked up with a mayor like Giuliani

[@td4yd154]

The mob took out Kennedy, Hoffa, etc. Why not Guilani?

[@stevem2323]

@whitey 1 Wrong, CIA used them not the other way around.

[@stevem2323]

@Edward Burgess Ha? 😁😁😁 Believing that shit do ya?

[@HummingbirdEighty8]

I don't blame them for Geraldo! I laugh whenever I think about him!🤣😝

[@rollingrockink1]

"...I told Vlad to recut and repost this interview to get more views and subscribers.". ~ TK Kirkland

[@snoopdoggdankkush9285]

Never too late

[@Mrbigmike311]

I told the cartels to go after law enforcement in Mexico- T.K Kirkland

[@dareal2669]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MookMeen-pd7me]

He looking at Vlad like who the fuck is Brian glaze Gibbs 🤦🤦🤦

[@Buugzy]

yea no doubt

[@Its303AcidBass]

Did anyone notice how Vlad's vocal inflections change depending on who he is interviewing?

[@blenderbanana]

You obviously don't get out of your "neighborhood".

[@Its303AcidBass]

@@blenderbanana you don't?

[@PR_GTR]

I like Michael because he's more honest mafia business man the mafia supposed to be like him like a castalano more business less crime

[@1Deep43VA]

Everyone went to prison anyway, so really… what could it have hurt. I doubt they would’ve told the public the Mob did it.

[@BroKhalidMuhammad]

Damn, they didn't get that devil

[@surfside16]

I would haved loved to see Geraldo gone!

[@georgemorris4142]

I wonder who the contract 4 the hit on Geraldo would of went to ?Yucko the clown? Paulie walnuts?bernie sanders? Ed Norton ?

[@qwashere7836]

I fucking read it as Geralt Rivia

[@alighanbar1]

"We was already molded into people's minds as mulignanes Now we more fucks'd up with a mayor named Giuliani" - AZ

[@MosheYAHBenDavidOmar-Christ]

Realize he didnt respond at 2:11? If no one in the mafia went down for Hoffa or JFK, what makes you think they would have went away for Guiliani

[@digenesakritas1107]

The government hated Hoffa,JFK and RFK more so than the Mob! The Mob would have felt the full force of the CIA, the FBI and local Police if they went after Giuliani and long before him Dewey! People like Giuliani and Dewey dont just suddenly decide to go after the Mob unless they have the full backing of the Alphabet Agencies (The Real Gangsters)!

[@JK-gu3tl]

Doing those hits would'be been dumb. That's why Dutch Schulz got offed b/c he was talking about killing Thomas Dewey, then Governor of NY in the 1930s.

[@M0v3rsandSh00t3rs]

You should ask him about Frank Matthews

[@mg19cal]

Um, so is it too late for that hit on Guiliani?

[@maniusup]

History repeated itself. Thomas Dewey was the 1st to go after the mafia in the 30’s and he brought down major names.. lepke bulchalter, Luciano, murder inc etc.

[@coco46st]

Asking about nas beat picking

[@lioutdoorsman9046]

HAHAHAHA

[@Spyder8561]

He sounded so stupid when he said that. Smh

[@HandleGF]

Did Giuliani wear a wire down his trousers?

[@82Brooklyn7]

Damn they should've gotten Guiliani 💯

[@DeLarger]

Vlad putting these out more while the Irishman / mafia shit is real hot. I see you Vlod

[@tonybrasi2676]

Vlad slick be using fed tactics 😂

[@brocklanders4684]

Y does he blink his eyes so much does anyone else notice that

[@lukedelrosso373]

He just goes with the flow of the questions, this dude has never lied, what a man

[@patrickmcmillian722]

You a coool person.

[@organicfireorganicfire1236]

It really was the illuminati vs the mafia but the mafia didn't knew .....

[@thaddaeusmcintosh9955]

Giuliani is now working for a crime boss himself😂😂👎

[@nicknilla9102]

Words can't describe the Respect I have for this man

[@the_local_bigamist]

I can think of a word for you: "boner".

[@chemBTW]

Damn I wish Arnold Schuster would have been brought up. Not all the old timers followed that policy lol.

[@brentlabeau]

Mr.Franzese is a beautiful dresser. I'd be glad to have is old clothes to wear.

[@TS-wp3wt]

Didn’t John Stanfa want to have Geraldo wacked also??

[@jorgeledesma2418]

You take out geraldo rivera you'll start a revolution, lol.

[@cappriment]

Vlad asking a real Gangsta about a Dope Dealer!!!

[@moflushepisode1]

Remember what happen when they killed Kiki Camarena😂😂😂

[@moflushepisode1]

USA black ops to Mexico to send a MSG

[@Spyder8561]

Who shot Rudy (Screwball) 🔥

[@illclicks]

“Guiliani showed me hell’s another level blessed by Allah Possessed by the devil” -Tragedy Khadafi (QBC)

[@charlottemclaurin1890]

Aint him saying that conspiracy

[@OttuaSemiAutto]

He blinks 100 time per minute

[@rdenn_shapes]

How is this guy still alive

[@The_k1d206]

rdenn49 shapes because everyone he came up with is dead or in jail.

[@RosvStudios]

@@The_k1d206 or live a good life after mob life.

[@djranman]

Because he never snitched on anyone.

[@Mr12justin]

Lol Geraldo coulda been a pack just because of his mouth and just off hearing him in that one kendrick song i could see why

[@jamesdesomma3639]

Hes thinking these black guys think they're gangsters lol

[@SR-hf3hx]

You see his face , he had no idea who they were 😂😂

[@karlorodriguez8089]

It’s like cartels, cartel men think gangs are annoying. They just use them to push dope and kill them when they aren’t needed anymore lol

[@wandamahlase4528]

James Desomma 🤣🤣🤣 bunch of ametuers.