Confirmed: Evel Knievel was a badass son of a bitch

As if there was ever any doubt, Evel Knievel was the baddest motherfucker on the planet, and the FBI now confirms it.

According to documents obtained by The Associated Press, the federal government came close to charging Knievel, who in turn threatened to sue the FBI for alleging he was connected to a crime syndicate. Neither followed through.

Dude threatened to sue the FB-fucking-I. How classic! The FBI was investigating whether Evel was involved in a string of beatings in the 1970's. Of course he was! He's Evel Knievel! Knievel repeatedly denied his involvement.

"Knievel stated that he was not responsible for what just happened to (name redacted) and that he had no control over the 'thing'" according to one phone conversation recounted in an FBI interview.

Yeah, he knew enough to have others do some of the beating for him, to 'absolve' himself of liability. Smart businessman, that Evel was.

His most well-known run-in with the law was a 1977 attack on movie studio executive Shelly Saltman, whom the daredevil beat with a baseball bat in the parking lot of 20th Century Fox.

Saltman promoted Knievel's infamous attempt to jump Idaho's Snake River Canyon and then wrote a book about the experience, angering Knievel by portraying him as "an alcoholic, a pill addict, an anti-Semite and an immoral person."

Knievel was sentenced to six months in jail and Saltman won a $12.75 million judgment, but never collected.

Yeah, the 'one time' he did it himself he got busted. Knievel's 290 page file (202 of which were released to the AP) shows that the FBI believed that he was involved in an attack in a Kansas City hotel room and a beating in San Francisco, according to subjects quoted in the file.

My only question is, where do I get a copy of this file? I want to read more!