The 24-year-old man arrested in connection with the killing of Francesco Cali, a reputed boss of the Gambino crime family who was gunned down in a brazen hit earlier this month, returned to Staten Island Monday to face charges.
Anthony Comello had been in New Jersey since his arrest on charges of murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon. He entered no plea in court Monday, but his lawyer, Robert Gottlieb said he plans to plead "unequivocally not guilty" in the shooting death of the 53-year-old alleged mobster.
Comello appeared in court Monday with the pro-Trump slogans, including "MAGA Forever" that had been scrawled on his hand in his first hearing, noticeably absent. Also on his palm: a symbol for QAnon, a conspiracy theory about the president widely circulated on 4Chan and other far-right message boards.
Gottlieb said the earlier writing "is what he wanted to express at that date."
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