Pretty sure Carmine persico in prison from 1972 to 1979 so he missed out on all the aftermath of Carlo gambino shit. His brother was calling shots but dibella was the official boss till November 1980 when persico took over. He using that to get out on appeal stating basically the feds new from scarpa he didn't have a say on Carmine galante death in 1979. He probaly could get a affidavit from Joe massino clearing that but I don't think it works that way. Maybe Neil was in prison on the tax stuff with him In 75. That's probaly what screwed Neil out the job he was locked up well gambino was sick n dying. Think jimmy brown was the acting underboss and big Paul acting for Carlo.