I am as innocent regarding any conspiracy as any of you gentlemen in the room.

Meaning of the quote

Jack Ruby is saying that he is just as innocent of being part of a conspiracy as any of the other people in the room. He is claiming that he has not been involved in any secret plan or unlawful agreement, and that he is as innocent as the other people present.

About Jack Ruby

Jack Ruby was an American nightclub owner who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the man accused of assassinating President John F. Kennedy, on live television. Ruby’s conviction and death sentence were later overturned, and he died of cancer in 1967. The Warren Commission concluded that Ruby acted alone, but his involvement in a larger conspiracy surrounding the Kennedy assassination has been widely debated.

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