Port strike longshoremen union boss linked to murdered mobster in 'farce' racketeering case he beat at trial

Harold Daggett, the president of the International Longshoremen's Association, which went on a brief strike this week in a labor dispute that could have created a shipping crisis across the U.S., was once cleared of federal racketeering charges in connection with alleged mafia ties to the same union.

Daggett's attorney, his cousin George Daggett, said the 2005 charges were politically motivated and based on weak evidence.

"This trial was a farce," he told Fox News Digital. "People say to me...