CIA officials helped Lee Harvey Oswald assassinate John F. Kennedy, an expert said when asked to predict the secrets of still-classified documents.
Trump promised to share the secret files at a rally in Arizona on Friday, where JFK’s nephew, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., solidified his defection from the Democratic Party and endorsed the former president.
For years, many have questioned the official narrative of what happened on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, specifically the Warren Commission’s conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.
More than 3,000 documents related to the assassination still contain redactions and experts have speculated that the hidden information will reveal that Oswald received help in the killing.
Renowned JFK scholar Jefferson Morley said: The Washington Post He suspects that Kennedy’s opponents in the CIA may have been working with Oswald.
Trump promised to share the remaining documents from the assassination of John F. Kennedy
Some experts say the documents will show the CIA helped Lee Harvey Oswald (pictured) carry out the attack.
“Is there a smoking gun on this? You know, it’s not a smoking gun,” Morley said.
‘This is the law that says all government records on JFK must be made public by October 2017. It’s been seven years since that deadline was missed.’
According to Morley, the released documents revealed that some CIA employees did not believe Oswald acted alone and one counterintelligence official attempted to “wait out” the Warren Commission investigation by denying it information about Oswald.
Trump pledged to establish a commission on attempted assassinations that would also investigate the former president’s July 13 shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania.
“This is a tribute to Bobby. I will establish a new independent presidential commission on assassination attempts, and it will be charged with releasing all remaining documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy,” Trump said.
As president, Trump pledged to release the Kennedy files, but announced in April 2018 that the public must wait several more years because the potential harm to national security, law enforcement or foreign affairs is “of such gravity that it outweighs the public interest in immediate disclosure.”
The National Archives released some 19,000 records that same month.
“I did, in fact. I disclosed a lot of things, as you know, but when it came down to it, some people who work for me, who are wonderful people who you respect, criticized me and asked me not to do it,” Trump said on an episode of the All-In podcast.
For years, many have questioned the official version of what happened on November 22, 1963 in Dallas. JFK and Jackie Kennedy appear in the photo moments before he was assassinated
Other experts believe the documents will show the CIA was aware of Oswald before the assassination.
But some experts are skeptical that Trump will keep his promise because the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 mandated that the files be released in 2017.
Most presidents have used their discretion to keep records sealed for national security reasons.
“(Trump) had the opportunity to do it, he said he was going to do it and he didn’t do it,” Gerald Posner, author of the book about the 1993 Kennedy assassination, “Case Closed,” told the Post.
“Now, with RFK Jr.’s support, maybe it’s a quid pro quo, and maybe this time he’ll actually do it.”
Posner said the remaining documents could show the CIA was aware of Oswald before the assassination, but believes he acted alone.
