It’s an ambiguous sentence. Are the Mafia a leftist foundation that should be brought down? Should we bring down leftist foundations the way the Mafia brings things down? Or should we bring down leftist foundations the way the government brought down the Mafia (if the government did bring down the Mafia)? Take your pick.
From the article, the answer is C.
RICO Act works. I was on an Organized Crime Task Force that was using the RICO Act to go after the Gottis, Gambinos, Gigantes organizations, etc.
Only AG Janet Reno, under orders from Bill and Hillary Clinton, stopped the LIUNA indictments and assets seizures that were justified by the Mob’s control of certain labor unions and assets.
See: American Spectator, April 1997, “Let’s Be Friends: A Mob-Controlled Union Delivers the Goods for Bill” (and the Democrats).
Also, for any researchers’ inquiry about illegal lobbying techniques, you will find a “statement/Study” in the House Ways & Means Committee hearings on “Lobbying Reform” in 1987. It details how the Hanoi Lobby and related communist fronts use “tax exempt” money for illegal lobbying purposes by funneling it through a tax-exempt third party, often leftist Churches (United Methodist Board of Church and Society; the Stewart Mott Foundation; COHA; EPICA; CISPES operations; CPUSA fronts; communist publication “research foundation” fronts; Soros and the Campaign for American Progress, etc.; the old Fund for New Priorities in America, etc.
Tens of millions of dollars, if not more, are annually given to the ACORN reborn organizations; Global Alliance for Justice; Apollo Foundation/Organization; etc. The Black Lives Matters group gets millions from guilt-ridden white liberal led foundations while more extremist groups with the word “Dreams” in their title rake in a ton of money while posing as civil rights organizations (some are avowedly Marxist).
The old House Committee to Investigate Tax Exempt Organizations (believe it was the Reece and/or Cox committee, or both) exposed this laundering operation technique in the 50’s and helped to stop the flow of money to the Communist Party USA.
It is time for a new “Select Committee” to be formed, and staffed by former law enforcement officers, former undercover operatives, junkyard dog attorneys, and a couple of historians of the Left.
If you want it done right, you have to write up its “Purpose and structure”, objectives and goals, and publish a lot of hearings/studies for the public to have.
Then you hire the best of the best as staff and investigators.
Having been involved in internal security affairs from a number of sides for the past 50 years, I know what a good committee can do, and I also know what a “don’t want to do anything” committee can do so as not to get any real results.
Time to stop pussy-footing around and kick some leftist/racist ass.