re: Godfather 2 plot hole. Who left the drapes open in Michaels bedroom

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So why did he call Johnny Ola a liar? Did he slit the throats of the gunmen?

Nah,wasn't him...way too much of a coward and too stupid to carry it out

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Because he had no intention of ever admitting it out loud. He doesn't know who is listening, and, as you point out, he's a coward, so he isn't going to own up to his own actions afterwards. It's not unusual for people to deny deny deny after the fact even when the other person knows the truth. Hell, it's an indispensable part of the political process in this country nowadays. You see it in children all the time, and Fredo is, in many ways, a perpetually stunted man-child.