Despite several clues causing any JFK assassination researcher to shake his head in wonder, no one has ever probed the “why” behind why famed San Francisco attorney Melvin Belli represented Jack Ruby. In my new book, Sacrificial Lamb, this aspect of the tragic events in Dallas is considered based, in part, on a comment mobster Santo Trafficante made to mob lawyer Frank Ragano, who represented him, James Hoffa, and New Orleans Don Carlos Marcello. When Ragano told Trafficante that he had hired Belli to help him with a civil suit again Time Magazine, Trafficante, according to Ragano, remarked, “I’m surprised he [Belli] would take your case . . . Che, [Ragano] whatever you do, don’t ask him about Jack Ruby. It’s none of your business.”
In Sacrificial Lamb, evidence linking Belli to the mob connects Trafficante’s surprising statement with why Belli represented Ruby. If you have your own interpretation of what the statement meant, please let me know.
