Kenneth Foard McCallion received his BA in history from Yale University and his JD from Fordham Law. McCallion was recruited by the U.S. Department of Justice’s iconic Brooklyn Organized Crime Strike Force, which handled some of the most important political corruption and organized crime cases of the 1970s and 1980s, including the ABSCAM case and the Lufthansa Heist at JFK International Airport on December 11, 1978. Ken also led the investigation and prosecution of John A. Cody, the notorious New York union leader and racketeer who was the president of the Teamsters union Local 282 between 1976 and 1984. Cody and his organized crime-controlled union were notorious for using extortion, mafia intimidation and “sweetheart” contracts with real estate developers, including Donald J. Trump to siphon off millions of dollars from large construction projects in the New York area. In addition to The Marseille Connection, McCallion is the author of several other well-received law and history books including Saving The World One Case at a Time, Shoreham and the Rise and Fall of the Nuclear Power Industry, The Essential Guide to Donald Trump, Treason & Betrayal: The Rise and Fall of Individual-1, COVID-19: The Virus That Changed America and the World, and Profiles in Courage (and Profiles in Cowardice) in the Trump Era.