He had some balls- to ask Castellano for permission to whack them both. But surely a seasoned guy like him should have realised the dangerous game he was playing, if he really wanted to whack them he should have just done it off record.

Also, once he realised Paul wouldn’t okay the hit, wasn’t that just suicide going to the Gemini lounge with them. His suspicions were obviously aroused on the journey hence he wanted to get out the car.

Castellano's well known love of money is why I reckon Paul took Nino's & RDM's side.
It should of been clear to Paul that DiMeo' and his crew was out of control by then.
Timeline i just read, the dead Cubans and the vacuum cleaner had just happened .

Wasn't the beef over the Epp's allegedly selling dope. What a bulls*it edict the 'dont sell drugs" was.
I'm sure it seems like " you deal, you die " only applied to some.

How were they related to the fat Mafia cop?

I think it was out of desperation. Also Early in 1979 Jimmy Jr had a picture taken with Rosalyn Carter which caused a lot of attention which didn’t make Paul happy to begin with

So TT what are you saying? That Jimmy and his son were better just to have "Clammed" up? LOL....Or he should have just "Jimmy" the "Clam" open? LOL

Obviously they were looking to "gag" him, or should I say "Gaggi" him? LOL