The Worst Senator In America

The Worst Senator in AmericaMost of the prosecutors from the Organized Crime Strike Force were sitting in the back of Judge Joseph McLaughlin's federal courtroom in Brooklyn on December 20, 1983. They wanted to see this event with their own eyes: A United States Senator was about to testify as a character witness for a Mobster.In the case at hand, the Department of Justice showed that Philip Basile became a multimillionaire by fronting for the Mob in discos, clubs and concert promotions, many of...