I ‘heard’ when I lived in PA that Mario had some mob connections, don’t know, never researched it, but I bet Rudy would know...
Having mob friend and mob connections are two REALLY different things.
I hated pop’s politics but if he ran for pres, people in hi family would have been outed.
My uncles, 2, both dead, were mafiosi, my grandfather was mafioso.
That doesn’t make me mafia. At least as far as you know :)