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Date Posted: 11:36:02 03/20/05 Sun
Author: No name
Subject: What About the Frank Ragano Story Hoffa vs JFK
In reply to: 's message, "In Memory of Sen Arlene Specter's Deeds" on 07:10:59 03/16/05 Wed

www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKraganoF.htm
Frank Ragano was born in 1923. His Sicilian born father ran a small store in Tampa. He joined the United States Army during the Second World War and won the Bronze Star while fighting in Germany. After the war Ragano became a clerk for the Florida Supreme Court. In 1948 he began representing Mafia boss, Santos Trafficante. He also worked for New Orleans Mafia boss Carlos Marcello and in 1961 he defended Jimmy Hoffa against claims that he had plundered the Teamster Pension Fund. In 1971, Ragano was arrested for tax evasion. One of his partners, Sam Rizzo, gave evidence against him in court. He was convicted and given 3 years probation. More importantly, he lost the licence needed to work as a lawyer. This was eventually regained in 1981 and in 1984 he represented Santos Trafficante in a racketeering trial. In August 1990, Ragano was again charged with tax evasion. After a long struggle he was eventually sentenced to 10 months in prison. On 14th January, 1992, the New York Post claimed that Trafficante, Marcello and Hoffa had all been involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Ragano was quoted as saying that at the beginning of 1963 Hoffa had told him to take a message to Trafficante and Marcello concerning the plan to kill Kennedy. When the meeting took place at the Royal Orleans Hotel, Ragano told the men: "You won't believe what Hoffa wants me to tell you. Jimmy wants you to kill the president." He reported that both men gave the impression that they intended to carry out this order. In his autobiography, Mob Lawyer (1994) (co-written with journalist Selwyn Raab) Ragano added that in July, 1963, he was once again sent to New Orleans by Hoffa to meet Santos Trafficante and Carlos Marcello concerning plans to kill President John F. Kennedy. When Kennedy was killed Hoffa apparently said to Ragano: "I told you could do it. I'll never forget what Carlos and Santos did for me." He added: "This means Bobby is out as Attorney General". Marcello later told Ragano: "When you see Jimmy (Hoffa), you tell him he owes me and he owes me big." Ragano also told Dan E. Moldea of the Washington Post that the Garrison investigation of Clay Shaw, Guy Banister and David Ferrie was an attempt to divert public attention away from Carlos Marcello. According to Ragano "Garrison was shielding Marcello from being implicated in the Kennedy murder case," Ragano says.
Ragano also told the story of how Santos Trafficante remarked just four days before he died: "That Bobby (Kennedy) made life miserable for me and my friends... We shouldn't have killed John (Kennedy). We should have killed Bobby."

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