Episode 1060 • • 1:25:54 - 1:33:23
1060: Austin Beatniks
Michael Franzese Interview, Al Sharpton FBI Informant, Don King
Ex-mobster Michael Franzese reveals in a podcast interview that Al Sharpton served as a "gun for hire" and an FBI informant starting in 1983. Franzese describes a sting operation called "Shadowboxing" where Sharpton introduced undercover agents to boxing promoter Don King. The discussion questions how Sharpton maintained his career at MSNBC despite his history as a federal informant involved in bringing down the Genovese crime family.