Steve: Actually the new Department of Justice, under Nixon, found the right statute to go after Garrison.
https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/post/did-clay-shaw-get-the-help-he-deserved-part-nineFor the first time, I have put online the Bonderman Memo. David Bonderman was a special assistant in the new Department of Justice under newly-elected president Richard Nixon. He reviewed Shaw's new civil rights complaint and he found a way to go after Garrison. Unfortunately, he decided they shouldn't.