Episode 263 Billie Sol Estes Part 12 Estes Balks After Agreeing to Talk To The DOJ

JFK The Enduring Secret

Jeff Crudele

Coup D'etat, Documentary, Government, Ruby, History, Jfk, Murder, Kennedy, Mafia, President, Oswald, Dallas, Fbi, Society & Culture, Assassination, Cia, Johnson

4.6 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

This is Part 12 in the series that covers the story of Billy Sol Estes, Mac Wallace, Bobby Baker and other members of Johnson's Texas inner circle. Part 12 continues the story of Billy Sol Estes and addresses the episode which occurred in 1984 when Estes balked after agreeing to tell all to the Department of Justice. Estes had just gotten out of prison for the second time and was pursuing a book deal through the Moody Foundation when he hooked up with prominent Washington attorney Dougl...

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0:00.0	Welcome to JFK and The Enduring Secret.
0:06.4	I'm your host, Jeff Crudell.
0:24.8	Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the podcast.
0:28.8	Today's episode is episode 263. And yes, it's the 12th episode in the Billy Solestives series.
0:34.1	It even doesn't.
0:35.9	And if you're suffering from Billy Solestive's fatigue, as I'm sure some of you
0:41.3	are, well, there's not that much more to go on this topic before we pivot into what's next.
0:46.9	But it just seems that every time we get to a point where maybe it's time to make the pivot,
0:56.6	something more spectacular comes along.
1:03.7	And today, we're going to tell you what happened in 1984 after Billy Saul made that big splash at the grand jury. What was next was, well, in a sense, a real crescendo.
1:41.3	And so, without further ado, let's listen to episode 263 of JFK, The Enduring Secret. They say that some crimes are easier to figure out than others, and sometimes you just have to follow the money.
1:46.5	In the case of Billy Solestis, that seems particularly relevant,
1:55.3	doesn't it? We all know by now that in 1979, Billy Salestes went off to Latuna Penitentiary in El Paso to serve a second prison term. He was convicted of conspiracy to conceal assets that could be used
2:03.9	to pay off his massive IRS debt, debt that had come about from the massive frauds that put him
2:11.0	into jail in the first place. He would growl as he wondered how you would have to pay taxes on
2:16.6	amounts that were a fraud.
2:19.3	Go figure.
2:20.7	The tank didn't even exist, he told himself.
2:23.9	Of course, the cash he stole did exist.
2:28.5	Small detail, one he might have missed in that equation.
2:32.6	Right?
2:33.8	But the reason that money is important in this episode is that it may have been the true catalyst
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