Jeffrey Lichtman
Jeffrey Lichtman
Jeffrey Lichtman is a New York-based criminal defense lawyer who represented John Gotti Jr. and managed to secure a dismissal of three charges of murder conspiracy, an acquittal on a $25 million securities fraud charge and a hung jury on every remaining count brought against him. Lichtman is widely regarded as one of the best criminal lawyers in New York, described by the New York Daily News as a "legal genius" and in the Washington Post as "pugnacious and highly...
ask bail properties released
If bail is set and the properties are squared away, I'm going to ask that he be released right away.
both careful ensure eyes inquiry judge wide
This is a very careful judge who made a very careful inquiry to ensure that both defendants go into this with their eyes wide open.
gangster saying simply
I'm not saying he was never a gangster because he was. I'm simply saying he'd had enough. He wanted out.
john
This is not the same John Gotti that he was in '92, or even in '99.
left
This case, what is left of it, is a limping wreck.
fraud
a fraud through and through, a real snake-oil salesman.
accepted boss father flamboyant harder john mafia minute son wants
Sometimes a son will do anything just to be around his father, accepted by him. When your father is John Gotti, the flamboyant Mafia boss that everyone wants to be around. . . it is even harder to get a minute with him.
lied witnesses
These witnesses lied to you and they lied to you repeatedly,
ask people understand
I would ask you to understand that people can change.
animal bit truth
He's a lying, thieving, two-faced murderous animal who wouldn't know the truth if it jumped up and bit him on the butt,
altogether among backs built case committed fact jury rejected walking
The fact is they built a case on the backs of psychotics. Altogether they committed about 30 murders, these guys, and some of them are walking among us. The jury rejected that approach.
finally happy home wife
He is finally getting to be at home with his wife and children. It's a happy day for him.
changed drove father life
He did not want the life his father had lived. He changed diapers, he drove a minivan.
john kids sounds
John sounds like a different guy. The kids are just deliriously happy.