Once Robert Kennedy became attorney. Criminal Division Files, 1961-1963. USDJ-MF229-008. However, in October 1964, Marcello was charged with "conspiring to obstruct justice by fixing a juror [Rudolph Heitler] and seeking the murder of a government witness [Carl Noll]". Sometimes Joseph goes by various nicknames including Joseph C Marcello. Thereafter, he successfully fought efforts by the government to deport him. On March 24, 1959, Marcello appeared before the United States Senate's McClellan Committee investigating organized crime. Marcello's startling admission is. New Orleans godfather Carlos Marcello - with Jimmy Hoffa as his bagman - funded Richard Nixon's 1960 presidential bid with $500,000 in cash stuffed in a suitcase. //