NEW ORLEANS --Times Picayune

INVESTIGATOR GARY RAYMOND JAILED OVER GRAND JURY RECORDS

A former investigator for Jim Garrison, whose Kenndy assassination probe was fictionalized by Oliver 
Stone in the movie "JFK" was thrown in jail February 13, 1996 for giving secret records to a federal 
panel.

Shortly after Harry Connick succeeded Garrison as District Attorney in 1974, he ordered Gary Raymond 
to destroy the records of Garrison's grand jury proceedings. Instead Raymond put the files in the trunk of 
his car, then kept them hidden for 21 years. He wasn't sure what to do with them --until Connick told the 
Assassination Records Review Board last June 28, 1996 that the files had disappeared when Garrison left 
office.

"Not only is the man lying about these records, but he is trying to pin it on Garrison's people," Raymond 
said.

Raymond went to WDSU-TV reporter Richard Angelico with the files, and asked him to pass them on to 
the review board.

"These documents are an important part of the Garrison investigation," said Tom Samulok, spokesperson 
for the review board. "They involve an important and much studied chapter of the Kennedy assassination 
story."

But Criminal District Court Judge Frank Marullo ordered Raymond jailed for six months, the maximum 
for violating a state law regarding the secrecy of grand juries. He was taken into custody and released 
shortly after posting a $10,000 bond. He remains free during his appeal.

Raymond said he went to Angelico only because the reporter knew who to contact on the review board. 
He said he knew nothing of Angellico's plan to report on the transcipts.

"If Mr. Angelico wanted to have some fun with Harry Connick, that was his business," Raymond said. 
"Connick was embarrassed and he deserved to be."

Samuloka said the board, which now has the records, wants to release them to the public. But Connick 
wants them back on the grounds that state law guards the secrecy of grand jury proceedings.

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