John "Johnny" Alite , is an American former Gambino Crime Family associate with Albanian origin, who later in his life became a government witness, agreeing to testify against the crime family and John "Junior" Gotti in 2008. He was known as the "muscles" of John Gotti Jr,and one of the most trusted man of John Gotti Sr.

In 2008, Alite pleaded guilty to racketeering charges, including two murders and a variety of other crimes, and in 2011, was sentenced to a total of 10 years in prison. Due to his cooperation with prosecutors, he was released on a five-year supervised release in 2012. Alite has estimated that he shot between 30 to 40 people, beat about 100 people with a baseball bat, and killed six people.

Alite later became a youth motivational speaker on avoiding crime.

But what are his relations with the mafia now?Is he remorseful for the crimes he committed?What does he think about the current political situation?

These and many more in this special episode.

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