Andrews informed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that three days earlier (on the day of the assassination of President Kennedy) he received a telephone call from a Clay Bertrand who asked him whether he would be willing to represent the suspected assassin of Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald
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Dean Andrews Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Dean Andrews, based on 9 World History Database records associated with United States of America.
Chronological biography
1963
Andrews informed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that three days earlier (on the day of the assassination of President Kennedy) he received a telephone call from a Clay Bertrand who asked him whether he would be willing to represent the suspected assassin of Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald
A Secret Service report issued in December 1963, two weeks after the assassination of President Kennedy, stated that Dean Andrews said that Lee Harvey Oswald had visited Andrews office on approximately three occasions in June and.
July 1963, seeking legal advice from Andrews concerning his citizenship status, his wifes status and his undesirable discharge from the Marine Corps.
Andrews described his encounters with Oswald in testimony before the Warren Commission in July 1964.
1964
Andrews subsequently repeated his claim regarding the phone call from Clay Bertrand asking him to defend Oswald in testimony before the Warren Commission
A Secret Service report issued in December 1963, two weeks after the assassination of President Kennedy, stated that Dean Andrews said that Lee Harvey Oswald had visited Andrews office on approximately three occasions in June and July 1963, seeking legal advice from Andrews concerning his citizenship status, his wifes status
and his undesirable discharge from the Marine Corps. Andrews described his encounters with Oswald in testimony before the Warren Commission in July 1964. Andrews subsequently repeated his claim regarding the phone call from Clay Bertrand asking him to defend Oswald in testimony before the Warren Commission
1969
Andrews testified during the trial of Clay Shaw that the name "Clay Bertrand was a figment of [his] imagination" and that he had been "carrying on a farce" in order to prevent "bring[ing] a lot of heat and trouble to someone who didnt deserve it"
Record provenance
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