Oswald in the doorway: the blog of the Oswald Innocence Campaign, by Ralph Cinque

 Some people have claimed, even recently in response to me, that Joseph Campisi was the Mafia figure who gave Ruby the order to shoot Oswald. They point to the fact that Ruby frequented Campisi's restaurant, the Egyptian Lounge, and did so that weekend.

Actually, it wasn't that weekend that Ruby went there. It was the Thursday night, which was before the JFK assassination. And Campisi wasn't there that night,

But, don't take my word for it. Here is the Timeline of Jack Ruby. Just do a search for Campisi.

https://www.kenrahn.com/JFK/Issues_and_evidence/Jack_Ruby/Timeline_of_Ruby.html

I asked Chat GPT if Campisi was in the Mafia, and this is what it said:

"There isn’t a single piece of definitive proof that Joseph Campisi was in the Mafia—but there is a mix of law-enforcement intelligence, associations, and circumstantial evidence that fuel the belief."

After the JFK assassination, Campisi was questioned by the FBI, and it was reported that the transcript of it was reviewed by the Warren Commission. But, the WC did not call Campisi in to testify. However, Campisi was questioned by the HSCA, and he turned down his right to have a lawyer.

Q. Is your appearance here today to take this deposition free and voluntary on your part?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. You have been informed that if you desired to have counsel you could have one present?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. And I take it at this time your election is to proceed voluntarily without the assistance of counsel; is that correct?
A. Yes, sir.

However, some of the Dallas detectives who were called by the Warren Commission did show up with lawyers. One was Detective Blackie Harrison. Another was Detective RW Miller. His name is isn't as familiar as Harrison's, but Mille was Bagman. I'm referring to the guy who covered Bookhout's head with something during the melee' after Bookhout's hat fell off. If you haven't seen it, you can watch it in slow-motion, as he drapes Bookhout's head with something.

https://oswaldinthedoorway.blogspot.com/2026/03/this-is-detective-rw-miller-who-covered.html

Finally, here is Campisi's testimony to the HSCA in which he was asked about Ruby going to his restaurant the night before the JFK assassination, and Campisi said that that's what they tell me because "I wasn't there."

https://www.jfk-assassination.net/russ/m_j_russ/hscacamp.htm

So, can we agree that the claim that Joseph Campisi is the one who passed along the Mafia order to Ruby to kill Oswald is total horse shit?

Oswald didn't kill Kennedy, and Ruby didn't kill Oswald. The U.S. government killed both. The same government that has been killing women and children in Iran and is currently bombing civilian infrastructure there, and on the first day during peace talks killed 160 Iranian schoolgirls, that entity did all the killing in the JFK assassination. It wasn't Oswald. It wasn't Ruby. It wasn't the Mafia. It was the U.S. government. And if you are an American citizen, it was your government.

This is Joseph Campis, circa 1950. His family still operates restaurants in the Dallas area. I think they have 9.