As always, memorable events and personalities bring forward all sorts of “I was there” claims. Usually, these claims are little more than a way for oddballs to draw attention to themselves, often in the hope of making money. There are few if any serious JFK researchers who regard James Files as credible.
As always, memorable events and personalities bring forward all sorts of “I was there” claims.James Files' account of the events in Dallas is fascinating. For a lower-level mobster, he saw what was going on at ground level, but unsure what was happening at higher echelons of the Chicago mafia.
And the telling sign was that the FBI and New York Times went far too out of their way to discredit Files after his interview. If he was a screwball, they would have ignored him.
Here is his 1994 interview:
https://drtruth.fortunecity.ws/confession2.htm