Fact check
Is it true: FBI Gambino wiretap of Paul Castellano + Apalachin precedent (1980s)?
Yes — this is confirmed.
The 1957 Apalachin meeting is documented in New York State Police records, congressional testimony, and subsequent prosecutions. The 1983 Castellano wiretap is documented in FBI files and the trial record of United States v. Salerno (the Commission Trial, 1985-87), in which Gambino-recorded conversations were used as evidence. Both are confirmed historical facts with extensive documentary basis.
The claim
In 1983 the FBI planted a listening device in the White House mansion of Gambino family boss Paul Castellano on Staten Island, producing extensive recordings used in the 1985-87 Mafia Commission Trial
Key evidence
Commission Trial convictions 1987 — Castellano recordings used
Title III Wiretaps Were Judicially Supervised and Legally Obtained
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