Through his trial, Philip Esformes insisted that he was innocent. He refused to consider a plea bargain, which might have spared him jail. He didn’t say a word to defend himself until the sentencing hearing. He just sat there, while Willy and Gaby Delgado dug a grave for him. A: Philip had always told us that he had an ace up his sleeve… and he told me one day that he had connections to make things go away. Which he did, by the way. We saw things go away… Q: Let me stop you right there. So what did he mean—or what did you understand him to mean by he had aces up his sleeve…? A: Well, he said
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