The Quiet Don: the Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bufalino
“He had played ball during his first year of freedom, supporting Richard Nixon and saying all the right things about the president’s economic programs. Richard Nixon was good for the country, said Hoffa, and, more important, he was good for the Teamsters.
But Hoffa had a constant pain in his stomach, and it could only be cured by exacting his revenge against Frank Fitzsimmons and the other Teamsters, including Tony Provenzano, who Hoffa believed had betrayed him.
The secret condition att...ached to his pardon that prevented him from holding office until 1980 gnawed at him like a cancer, and after a year of public goodwill, Hoffa decided to fight the ban. He devised a strategy that would challenge the condition on constitutional grounds. How could the president of the United States insert such an onerous clause to a pardon when he didn’t have the authority? Hoffa argued that the condition was not part of his criminal sentence, and it also could very well have violated his First Amendment right to freedom of speech.MoreLess
But Hoffa had a constant pain in his stomach, and it could only be cured by exacting his revenge against Frank Fitzsimmons and the other Teamsters, including Tony Provenzano, who Hoffa believed had betrayed him.
The secret condition att...ached to his pardon that prevented him from holding office until 1980 gnawed at him like a cancer, and after a year of public goodwill, Hoffa decided to fight the ban. He devised a strategy that would challenge the condition on constitutional grounds. How could the president of the United States insert such an onerous clause to a pardon when he didn’t have the authority? Hoffa argued that the condition was not part of his criminal sentence, and it also could very well have violated his First Amendment right to freedom of speech.MoreLess
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