{"id":34433,"date":"2016-11-02T15:31:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T20:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=34433"},"modified":"2016-11-02T17:44:43","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T22:44:43","slug":"video-surfaces-donald-trump-sitting-next-high-stakes-gambler-alleged-ties-organized-crime-recently-denied-knowing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/11\/02\/video-surfaces-donald-trump-sitting-next-high-stakes-gambler-alleged-ties-organized-crime-recently-denied-knowing\/","title":{"rendered":"WrestleMania video surfaces of Trump sitting next to a high-stakes gambler alleged to have ties with organized crime whom he recently denied knowing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3788467650\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Donald Trump&#8217;s association with WWE over the years could end up playing a role in next week&#8217;s election in a tangential manner. Yahoo! News reports that a &#8220;newly uncovered video&#8221; appears to contradict his claim that he never knew a Robert LiButti, a high-stakes gambler who is alleged to have ties to organized crime. \u00a0The video shows Trump sitting next to him and interacting with him at the 1988 WrestleMania IV event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were his guests,&#8221; his daughter told\u00a0Yahoo in a text message this week. Yahoo reports that &#8220;the video appears to lend new support to assertions Trump once had close relations with LiButti, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/3212372-LiButti-Exclusion-Petition-91-EL-1-1-2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">was banned from the state\u2019s casinos<\/a> in 1991 because of his ties to Mafia boss John Gotti&#8230;\u00a0LiButti can also be seen sitting throughout\u00a0the three-and-a-half hour event\u00a0in a front-row seat next to\u00a0Trump and his then wife, Ivana.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The issue appears to not just be Trump associated with LiButti\u00a0enough to sit next to him as his guest at the 1988 event he was hosting at his Atlantic City, N.J. casino, but that Trump has recently denied even knowing him.<\/p>\n<p>David Clay Johnson, a reporter who has interviewed Trump many times, says that WrestleMania event &#8220;is just one of many times that Trump was close to Bob, who was the biggest loser at Trump casinos and therefore Trump\u2019s most important customer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>READ THE FULL STORY <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/video-shows-trump-with-mob-figure-he-denied-knowing-090025964.html?ref=gs\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Keller&#8217;s Analysis: WWE has not drawn attention to its past association with Donald Trump on their TV shows or social media or website this political season. 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