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. New episodes of Better Bad Ideas drop every Wednesday! Subscribe and hit the bell to be notified when they go live! Also available where ever you download podcasts! 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 Better Bad Ideas • https://www.instagram.com/betterbadideas • https://www.tiktok.com/@betterbadideas • https://x.com/betterbadideas Subscribe to Better Bad Ideas on Spotify & Apple! • https://open.spotify.com/show/5Br4YZ6h20M6VZGBtIsaBs?si=eaa75a585c7f4ccd • https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-bad-ideas-with-sean-obrien/id1786675550 This is a 7EQUIS Network Show http://www.7equis.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
