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The Attorney General Commissioner at a prelininary hearing oa February 9, ; 1956, dismissed this charge against Nassengale because wnat ~~—~-———-= —=----~- yg believed one of the Government's witnesses was Te . miataken in her testimony. Kasseagale then filed a $200,000 damare suit against an Acont of this Bureau eharging false arrest aod slander. Oa February 15, 1956, a Federal Grand Jury se oe ae See nmatuaad Ha aw ae me tn tf sw in four counts of violating tie Inpersonation Btatate and two counts of violating the Communications Act of -1934, the so-called Federal “ire Tap Statute. The civil euit filed by Massengale against an Acent of this Bureau was dismissed in Federal Court on March 16, 1956. Massengale €as tried by a jury in the United states District Court, Cincinnati, Ohio, and was found guilty and has been sentenced to one year and a fine of $750 en each of the wire tapping counts, and he receivod a . three-year suspended sentence on the impersonation violation. , Be bas subsequontly appealed this case. It has been determined that the Ohio Crine — - Commission, Inc., which bas the same sddress as the office ef Hassenzgale, vas incorporated in Ohio on November 5, 1956, This ia not a state crime commission but a private corporation, and the three incorporators are Massengale's two employees and his wife. Herbert P. Schaffer has been known to frequent Hassengele’s office and may be © eaploxes by Massengaie. — : ZI want you to know that I have checked into the _ allegations made against this Bureau in the letter of Mr. Schaffer and each allegation is false. . In addition, I thought you would like to know that Judge John 5. Draffel, who presided at Massengaie'’s trial, commended the Federal Bareas of Investigation for its handling of this case. - ' § pelfeve the information in this letter will be 7 ef assistance in answering Mrs. Roosevelt's letter. I am returning the enclosures to your letter for the completion of your files. . Abe Enclokifres __ MA ° SF we -3 co 14144059 -10¥