President Donald Trump is reigniting debate over the JFK assassination, declaring that Lee Harvey Oswald “likely had accomplices.” His remarks come after his release of classified documents revealing CIA operations and Russian intelligence tracking Oswald. But with key files still withheld from the public, the lingering question remains—what is the government hiding?
Trump Reveals His Thoughts on Kennedy Assassination
President Donald Trump has publicly shared his belief that Lee Harvey Oswald killed President Kennedy but suggested the assassin may have had help. When asked directly whether he believed Oswald killed Kennedy during an interview with Clay Travis, Trump replied, “I do,” but immediately questioned, “But of course, was he helped?”
Trump’s administration released over 2,000 pages of documents related to the assassination in 2022, responding to decades of public interest in the case. The documents included claims about CIA involvement and reports describing Oswald as a “poor shot,” fueling speculation about whether he could have executed the assassination with such precision on his own.
Trump says Lee Harvey Oswald was "helped" in JFK assassination https://t.co/QhNLI0amw9
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Classified Documents Reveal Intelligence Connections
The released documents contained information about Oswald being monitored by the KGB and his plans to defect to Russia before the assassination. A particularly notable inclusion was a 1961 memo warning that the CIA had become a “state within a state,” a concern echoed by journalist Glenn Greenwald, who highlighted the timing of this warning coming shortly after President Eisenhower’s famous warning about the military-industrial complex.
Missing from the release were several critical documents, including a transcript of a conversation between Vice President Lyndon Johnson and CIA Director John McCone. The absence of these documents and other promised files from the FBI and IRS has left researchers and historians questioning whether the full truth has been disclosed to the American public.
President Donald Trump said on Saturday he believes the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy was carried out by Lee Harvey Oswald but asked if the gunman had help. https://t.co/Tt6nvlwAMV
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Mysterious Deaths and Ongoing Questions
The circumstances surrounding the assassination continue to raise questions, particularly regarding those who investigated it. Dorothy Kilgallen, a prominent journalist investigating Kennedy’s assassination, died under mysterious circumstances after claiming she was about to break the case wide open with evidence that would implicate powerful figures.
Trump downplayed the revelatory nature of the documents he released, stating, “I don’t think there’s any that earth-shattering,” while suggesting the public could make their own “determination” about the infamous assassin. The Justice Department officially maintains Oswald acted alone, despite persistent conspiracy theories suggesting involvement from the CIA, the mafia, Cuba, or the Soviet Union.
The ongoing secrecy surrounding certain documents has only intensified public skepticism about the official narrative. With each partial release of information, the Kennedy assassination remains one of America’s most controversial historical events, symbolizing for many Americans a pivotal moment when trust in government institutions began to erode.