Episode 4: The Favorite Son
Deep Cover
Pushkin Industries
4.3 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2022
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
July 1942. How did Bob Cooley, an Irish ex-cop from a family of cops and lawyers, become Bob Cooley, criminal defense lawyer and fixer for the Chicago Outfit?
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| 0:00.0 | Pushkin |
| 0:11.0 | Jake Halpern here. |
| 0:12.5 | Before we get started, I wanted you to know that Deep Cover Season 2 will be dropping |
| 0:17.6 | weekly on Mondays. |
| 0:19.8 | But the full season is available right now, ad-free for Pushkin Plus subscribers. |
| 0:26.8 | That's all 10 episodes right away. |
| 0:29.8 | Find Pushkin Plus on the Deep Cover Show page in Apple Podcasts or at Pushkin.fm. |
| 0:43.8 | Previously on Deep Cover. |
| 0:46.8 | In 1986, Bob Cooley, Chicago lawyer, who had worked for the mob, walked into the office |
| 0:53.0 | of a federal prosecutor and offered to cooperate. |
| 0:56.8 | Prosecutors were mystified. |
| 0:58.8 | Why was he doing this? |
| 1:00.6 | Up until this moment, Bob Cooley had a reputation as a flashy criminal defense lawyer, who helped |
| 1:06.6 | at least one person get away with murder, literally. |
| 1:11.0 | In 1977, Bob fixed the trial of Harry Alemon, a legendary mafia hitman. |
| 1:18.4 | The judge is not guilty verdict, provoked outrage from both the media and the public. |
| 1:24.0 | They couldn't even speak. |
| 1:28.0 | They couldn't believe that this judge didn't fight him guilty. |
| 1:33.0 | The place went into a panic. |
| 1:36.4 | But for the mob, this case proved Bob's worth. |
| 1:40.2 | He could be their ace in the hole. |
| 1:46.4 | Not long ago, I called up this guy who used to know Bob. |
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