Frank Sinatra’s ties to the New York mafia have been exposed in a new book about the takedown of the mob. Knewz.com can ...

The plan involved the Kennedy administration, the CIA and the Chicago mob, and even Palm Springs crooner Frank Sinatra got wrapped up in some schemes along the way. The show is out Tuesday on the ...

But there may be a much deeper connection between the Kennedys and the mob, and legendary entertainer Frank Sinatra reportedly served as a key intermediary and whipping boy in one case.

Sinatra became integral to the Kennedy presidential campaign - but his Mafia connections soon made Sinatra a political liability, requiring Kennedy to push him aside.

With his mafia wiseguy links and access to entertainment industry star power, Frank Sinatra helped John F Kennedy into the White House in 1960. But it all came to a bitter end.