Episode 56: The Man That Got Gotti: Former US Prosecutor John Gleeson

The Sit Down: A Crime History Podcast

Jeff Nadu

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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On Episode 56, John Gleeson is a former federal judge and assistant US Attorney in the Eastern District of New York. He led two unsuccessful prosecutions of Gambino boss John Gotti eventually finding a way to bring the Dapper Don down with a successful prosecution. I spoke with him about his life, his work as a prosecutor and on the bench plus the inner workings of the prosecution. We also discuss his brand new book, on sale now. I urge you to go buy his brand new book "The Gotti Wars" : Taking Down America's Most Notorious Mobster Here's a link to buy : https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Gotti-Wars/John-Gleeson/9781982186920 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE give us a follow on socials! FOLLOW US ON YOUTUBE and please subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMYV0eyKQFhNZwLXpx7I0Ng FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @thesitdown7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:32.0	Today, we've got a great episode planned for you. And on Monday, I had the
1:36.0	opportunity to interview an individual named John Gleason, a couple of weeks ago,
1:41.0	one of the publishing companies of books reached out to me and said, hey,
1:44.0	do you want to interview John Gleason? And I said absolutely. I want to
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