Sean O’Brien sits down with Brian Kelly who was the U.S. Attorney that prosecuted notorious gangster and muderer, Whitey Bulger. Special thanks to our Launch Sponsor, Keches Law Group! Visit https://www.KechesLaw.com for your legal needs.

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Chapters

00:00:00 – Intro

00:00:40 – Who Was Whitey Bulger?

00:02:07 – What Were The Crimes?

00:07:28 – Burton Chico Krantz Breaks The Case Wide Open

00:11:38 – Realizing the FBI Was Corrupt

00:16:24 – Stephen Flemmi Was A Monster

00:21:42 – How Do You Trust Informants?

00:24:25 – Defending Criminals and Informants in Court

00:25:55 – Catching Bulger in Santa Monica

00:33:35 – Bulger after arrest

00:35:15 – Prepping For Bulger’s Trial

00:37:42 – The Most Interesting Witnesses

00:43:10 – A Corrupt FBI’s Effects On The Trial

00:48:37 – Bulger’s Conviction

00:55:25 – Varsity Blues Case

01:00:58 – The Current DOJ Under Trump

01:04:25 – Tariffs

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