Donald J. Trump is charged with falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal that threatened to derail his 2016 campaign. Lawyers on both sides are giving their initial presentations to the jury on Monday.
“Capone is untouchable! The Feds can’t pin any murders on him daddio! He’s doing he Charleston all over them!”
Reality:
IRS Special Agent Frank Wilson and the “T-Men” followed the money, gathering evidence that Capone had made millions of dollars on income that was never taxed. It paid off: Capone was indicted on 22 counts of federal income tax evasion.
Capone was found guilty and sentenced to 11 years in prison.
Alcatraz proved to be Capone’s undoing. The warden, James Aloysius Johnston, wasn’t as easily swayed as those Capone had previously encountered. When Johnston asked Capone his name, the mobster allegedly responded, “You know who I am.” Johnston is said to have retorted, “Here you are now known as AZ-85.”
You in the 1920’s:
“Capone is untouchable! The Feds can’t pin any murders on him daddio! He’s doing he Charleston all over them!”
Reality:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2018/10/17/al-capone-sentenced-to-prison-for-tax-evasion-on-this-day-in-1931/
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