https://news.yahoo.com/trump-golf-cours ... 01168.html
A spokesperson for Donald Trump would not say if the former president knew a notorious Philadelphia mobster, after the two men were photographed together at a Trump-owned golf club earlier this month.
“President Trump takes countless photos with people,” the spokesperson told the Philadelphia Inquirer, which obtained the picture of Trump and Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino standing together and making thumbs-up gestures.
“That does not mean he knows every single person he comes in contact with.”
The Inquirer said the picture was provided by a source who requested anonymity. It shows Trump with two men, one unidentified, the other Merlino.
Merlino, the paper said, was once “a leader of a violent crew on his way up to being boss of an organised crime operation active in Philadelphia and Atlantic City” – the latter city one where Trump had casino interests.
Merlino was convicted on racketeering charges in 2001, and spent a decade in prison. He was imprisoned again in 2018, after pleading guilty to a gambling charge, then released in 2020.
Trump photographed golfing with notorious Philly mob boss
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Re: Trump photographed golfing with notorious Philly mob boss
Ya know, peanuts compared to what Ted Kennedy did to Mary Jo Kopechne and you didn't care about that, in fact lionized him, so STFU.
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Re: Trump photographed golfing with notorious Philly mob boss
It's laughable. They can't go a day without rolling his name around in their mouths, but we're the cult.
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Re: Trump photographed golfing with notorious Philly mob boss
When I lived in Kansas back in the day my coworker friend briefly dated one of the Civella family boys. Who knew?
Well, then
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Well, mobsters, clansmen, potato, potahto.
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Re: Trump photographed golfing with notorious Philly mob boss
Yeah, the Lyin' of the Senate.
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OMG, the kingdom of Whataboutistan is growing! 
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Re: Trump photographed golfing with notorious Philly mob boss
The caption should read "Joey Merlino photographed golfing with notorious Palm Beach mob boss."
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silverscreenselect wrote: ↑Tue Jan 24, 2023 10:42 pmThe caption should read "Joey Merlino photographed golfing with notorious Palm Beach mob boss."
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.