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Gotti heard calling jury tampering 'ingenious move'

Originally published: October 14, 2009 2:56 PM
Updated: October 14, 2009 10:08 PM
By JOHN RILEY  john.riley@newsday.com

Quick ReadProsecution witness admits he wasn't sure John "Junior" Gotti ever received tribute payments.

Arrest and booking photo for John Gotti, provided

Photo credit: Handout | Arrest and booking photo for John Gotti, provided by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. (Aug. 26, 2008)

John "Junior" Gotti called an effort he allegedly masterminded to derail a federal jury-tampering investigation an "ingenious move" as he tried to impress his late father in a tape-recorded 1994 jailhouse conversation that was played at the Gambino family prince's murder-and-racketeering trial Wednesday.

Gotti, according to earlier testimony from former lieutenant John Alite, set up a plan...

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