Goldsmith had two other fathers - his mother married a doctor after she divorced her first husband and then eventually married O'Brien. view all Immediate Family??? Mr. Goldsmith was born in Memphis on April 10, 1910. The connection is in Chuckle, the author's step-father who was a "step-son" of sort to Hoffa. I grew up in a family of union members and worked as an officer in a union company so this book was particularly interesting to me but the story of Jimmy Hoffa is one that will grab the interest of anyone who likes a great mystery. Great read.This book clearly demonstrates that we are a product of our parents.
Jack Goldsmith's new memoir centers on his investigation into his stepfather's involvement in the 1975 disappearance of the mob-connected labor leader Jimmy Hoffa. Chuckie O'Brien was one of Hoffa's most trusted assistants and gofer. This book was full of many things I had not been aware of. A remarkable book by former colleague and former head of the Office of Legal Counsel that is at once heart-felt memoir, murder mystery, and account of the infiltration of organized crime into organized labor. One of the most interesting aspects of this book is the perspective of its author - Jack Goldsmith is not only Chuckie's stepson, but also the former justice department lawyer who decided that the U.S. government's widespread surveillance program post-9/11 was illegal. Great read. I knew the basics of the Hoffa story but I've never been a close follower, so much of this book was relatively new to me. He was 62 years old and was the “retired” leader of the Teamsters Union. And he goes to great lengths to discover the truth about O'Brien's own involvement. O'Brien's stepson, Harvard Law School professor Jack Goldsmith, said in a blog post that O'Brien died Thursday in Boca Raton, Florida, from what appeared to be a … This was a fascinating look at Jimmy Hoffa and Chuckie O'Brien, the surrogate son who could never escape him. The reader may need to read these passages several times. With the film, The Irishman being recently released, along with this well-researched account, it gave me the perfect opportunity, to learn about this powerful union leader and what led up to his demise.I have been a proud union member, for over 30 years and I was sixteen, when Hoffa disappeared, so I do remember that event, but I really never knew Hoffa's full story. A few years before he had left Lewisburg Prison after serving a five year term for jury tampering, attempted bribery, and fraud.
I have a soft spot for Jack Goldsmith, and this book really surprised me. The trajectory of author Jack Goldsmith's career and relationship with his step-father Chuckie O'Brien reads like the saga of Prince Hal and Falstaff in Shakespeare's "Henry IV." Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Goldsmith pulled away from O'Brien when he became a law student at Harvard and it wasn't until he went to work in the Bush White House and was able to see evidence of surveillance abuse by Bobby Kennedy, Hoover's FBI, and others that he began to understand that O'Brien, Hoffa, Martin Luther King, and many others had been illegally spied on that he reconnected with the man he had adored for so many years. All in the shadow of Hoffa and his disappearance.You know, there are some crimes that just aren’t going to be solved…at least publicly. It’s the story of a 40 plus year suspicion of O’Brien having picked up Hoffa that afternoon and taken him somewhere to be murdered and his body disposed of. Children grow up emulating their oldsters. Jack Goldsmith is the Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and co-founder of Lawfare. Goldsmith’s book is as much about Chuckie O’Brien’s relationships with both his adopted father – Jimmy Hoffa – and his step-son, Jack Goldsmith, as it is about the kidnapping and presumed murder of Hoffa. lawyer in Bush II administration, argues that RFK set dangerous precedents regarding illegal searches and wiretaps that are still playing out today.
wife. O'Brien took a polygraph on the Maury Povitch show that stated he was 100% truthful. The author, Jack Goldsmith, is the stepson of Chuckie O'Brien.
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