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Back in 1987, Newt Gingrich and other Republicans were among 245 House members who wrote a letter to Attorney General Ed Meese specifically opposing a federal takeover of four unions including the Laborers, and protesting the use of federal racketeering laws against the unions.
It's also noted that the civil filing, despite its appeal to a racketeering statute, marks the end of the government's attempt to bring criminal charges against the tobacco companies.
What is surprising is the temerity of running an article titled "The Clintons and the Mob" when the "mobster" in question has neither been convicted of nor indicted for racketeering.
Luis Felipe, the Latin Kings leader convicted of murder and racketeering, is about to join Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, and Unabomber Ted Kaczynski for conversation in the exercise yard at the federal "Super Max" prison in Florence, Colo.
Democrats note that the Republican Party has had plenty of contacts with disreputable unions . Ronald Reagan gladly took endorsements from the Longshoremen and the Teamsters, two unions that were the targets of FBI racketeering probes at the time.