 Rudd obtained Oswald's file from the Mexican government and flew a Cessna aircraft from Mexico City to Dallas, Texas, to provide the documents to FBI officials in Dallas as Kennedy's body was on its way to Washington, D.C. with Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and widow Jacqueline Kennedy.After leaving the FBI in 1970, Rudd moved to Arizona, where he became involved in politics.He was elected to the board of supervisors for Maricopa County in 1972.