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According to Trutv.com, [[New Orleans]] crime boss Carlos Marcello (1910-1993) in 1960 transferred $500,000 in cash to Hoffa to divert the money to the unsuccessful presidential campaign of the [[Republican Party|Republican]] nominee, [[Richard M. Nixon]], who lost to then [[U.S. Senator]] [[John F. Kennedy]]. Early in 1962, Hoffa had disclosed plans to Partin for the murders of President Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/marcello/15.html|title=Thomas J. Jones, "Carlos Marcello: Big Daddy in the Big Easy"|publisher=trutv.com|accessdate=May 7, 2010}}</ref>​

According to Trutv.com, [[New Orleans]] crime boss Carlos Marcello (1910-1993) in 1960 transferred $500,000 in cash to Hoffa to divert the money to the unsuccessful presidential campaign of the [[Republican Party|Republican]] nominee, [[Richard M. Nixon]], who lost to then [[U.S. Senator]] [[John F. Kennedy]]. Early in 1962, Hoffa had disclosed plans to Partin for the murders of President Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/marcello/15.html|title=Thomas J. Jones, "Carlos Marcello: Big Daddy in the Big Easy"|publisher=trutv.com|accessdate=May 7, 2010}}</ref>​

[[Aubrey W. Young]], a former aide to [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]], arranged a meeting at which Partin was offered first, $25,000 a year for ten years, then $1 million from Marcello to work out a plan to overturn the Hoffa conviction.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UFYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=Aubrey+Young+of+Baton+Rouge&source=bl&ots=M3VV7SdM8x&sig=_6UOXTK72JWaItw3mNAaKnwA0JQ&hl=en&ei=q_PYS5-hA4LK8wThxtiaBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBEQ6AEwBDgK#|author=Sandy Smith|title=The Fix|work=''[[Life Magazine|Life]]'']]|publisher=[[Google Books]]|accessdate=April 28, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jfk-online.com/hayride.html|author=Walter Sheridan|title=Louisiana Hayride|publisher=jfk-online.com|accessdate=April 28, 2010}}</ref>  Hoffa's allies, among them [[film]] [[actor]] and decorated [[World War II]] veteran Audie Murphy (1925-1971), sought to obtain an [[affidavit]] from Partin recanting the testimony against Hoffa. Such a confession could have reopened the case.<ref>{{cite web|url==https://web.archive.org/web/20081114081609/http://www.audiemurphy.com/newsclip/dmn_01-25-74.pdf|author=Earl Golz|title="Audie Murphy struggled to free Hoffa"|publisher=''The Dallas Morning News''|date=January 25, 1974|accessdate=May 7, 2010=November 14, 2008}}</ref>​

[[Aubrey W. Young]], a former aide to [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]], arranged a meeting at which Partin was offered first, $25,000 a year for ten years, then $1 million from Marcello to work out a plan to overturn the Hoffa conviction.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UFYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=Aubrey+Young+of+Baton+Rouge&source=bl&ots=M3VV7SdM8x&sig=_6UOXTK72JWaItw3mNAaKnwA0JQ&hl=en&ei=q_PYS5-hA4LK8wThxtiaBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBEQ6AEwBDgK#|author=Sandy Smith|title=The Fix|publisher=''[[Life Magazine|Life]]''|publisher=Google Books|accessdate=April 28, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jfk-online.com/hayride.html|author=Walter Sheridan|title=Louisiana Hayride|publisher=jfk-online.com|accessdate=April 28, 2010}}</ref>  Hoffa's allies, among them [[film]] [[actor]] and decorated [[World War II]] veteran Audie Murphy (1925-1971), sought to obtain an [[affidavit]] from Partin recanting the testimony against Hoffa. Such a confession could have reopened the case.<ref>{{cite web|url==https://web.archive.org/web/20081114081609/http://www.audiemurphy.com/newsclip/dmn_01-25-74.pdf|author=Earl Golz|title="Audie Murphy struggled to free Hoffa"|publisher=''The Dallas Morning News''|date=January 25, 1974|accessdate=May 7, 2010=November 14, 2008}}</ref>​

[[Edwin Edwards]], who was elected governor of Louisiana in 1972 to the first of four nonconsecutive terms, had expressed concern that the controversial Partin might endorse his candidacy, a development that Edwards, then a [[U.S. Representative]] from Louisiana's since disbanded 7th congressional district,feared could hurt the gubernatorial campaign.<ref>Leo Honeycutt, ''Edwin Edwards: Governor of Louisiana'' (Lisburn Press, 2009), p. 104.</ref>​

[[Edwin Edwards]], who was elected governor of Louisiana in 1972 to the first of four nonconsecutive terms, had expressed concern that the controversial Partin might endorse his candidacy, a development that Edwards, then a [[U.S. Representative]] from Louisiana's since disbanded 7th congressional district,feared could hurt the gubernatorial campaign.<ref>Leo Honeycutt, ''Edwin Edwards: Governor of Louisiana'' (Lisburn Press, 2009), p. 104.</ref>​

A much earlier Partin trial, which began on June 14, 1971, in Butte, [[Montana]], ended without a verdict. Twenty-four days later, the judge declared a [[mistrial]] as a result of a deadlock among jurors. The case was then reassigned to U.S. District Judge James F. Battin, a Republican former member of the [[United States House of Representatives]], whose court was located in the Billings division. Battin granted a [[change of venue]] to [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]], for the convenience of both witnesses and counsel. Partin's second trial, with Battin still presiding, hence began in Atlanta on January 31, 1972. Judge Battin dismissed one of the five counts, but Partin was convicted after eighteen days of trial and two other days of deliberations of the remaining four counts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cases.justia.com/us-court-of-appeals/F2/493/750/4363/|title=U.S. Court of Appeals: Cases and Opinions|publisher=cases.justia.com|accessdate=May 7, 2010}}</ref>​

A much earlier Partin trial, which began on June 14, 1971, in Butte, [[Montana]], ended without a verdict. Twenty-four days later, the judge declared a [[mistrial]] as a result of a deadlock among jurors. The case was then reassigned to U.S. District Judge James F. Battin, a Republican former member of the [[United States House of Representatives]], whose court was located in the Billings division. Battin granted a [[change of venue]] to [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]], for the convenience of both witnesses and counsel. Partin's second trial, with Battin still presiding, hence began in Atlanta on January 31, 1972. Judge Battin dismissed one of the five counts, but Partin was convicted after eighteen days of trial and two other days of deliberations of the remaining four counts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cases.justia.com/us-court-of-appeals/F2/493/750/4363/|title=U.S. Court of Appeals: Cases and Opinions|publisher=cases.justia.com|accessdate=May 7, 2010}}</ref>​

 

In June 1980, Partin was finally imprisoned for extortion. While imprisoned in 1984, he pleaded [[nolo contendere]] to charges of conspiracy, [[racketeering]], and the embezzlement of some $450,000 in union funds stemming from a 1973 indictment. Union members once voted to continue paying Partin's salary while he was in prison, but his tenure as the business agent ended in 1981.<ref name=partin/><ref name=egp/>

In June 1980, Partin was finally imprisoned for extortion. While imprisoned in 1984, he pleaded [[nolo contendere]] to charges of conspiracy, [[racketeering]], and the embezzlement of some $450,000 in union funds stemming from a 1973 indictment. Union members once voted to continue paying Partin's salary while he was in prison, but his tenure as the business agent ended in 1981.<ref name=partin/><ref name=egp/>