Fact check
Is it true: Whitey Bulger FBI informant (1975-2011)?
Yes — this is confirmed.
Confirmed by multiple federal prosecutions. John Connolly convicted 2002 (racketeering) and 2008 (second-degree murder, Florida). Bulger convicted 2013 on 11 murders plus racketeering. FBI supervisor John Morris granted immunity for testimony. DOJ inspector general and congressional investigations confirmed systemic institutional failure. Bulger killed in federal prison October 2018.
The claim
James 'Whitey' Bulger, leader of the Winter Hill Gang in South Boston, was recruited as an FBI Top Echelon Informant by Special Agent John Connolly in September 1975. Over the following two decades Bu
Key evidence
Bulger killed in federal prison — Mafia-linked inmates
John Connolly convicted of racketeering 2002
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