Oswald was offered legal representation but refused, claiming he wanted a New York lawyer named John Apt.
Apt? Yeah, Bill, you really do your research.
Oswald asked for an attorney at the theater, at the midnight press conference, at his arraignment, and at his interrogations, but when Gregory Olds from the ACLU called, Fritz, King, and Johnston all said that Oswald had not made any requests or that he declined counsel. This was all before the face-saving visit by Louis Nichols.