Questions remain regarding the assassination of JFK even after President Trump fulfilled one of his long-standing political promises to release the files.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, President Donald Trump ordered the release of approximately 1,123 PDF files of previously classified documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, fulfilling a long-standing promise to declassify all remaining records.
These files, part of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection, are accessible online at the National Archives (JFK Release 2025) or in person at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
There were several highlights, especially concerning alleged JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. The files reveal Oswald was reportedly considered a “poor shot” during his target practice in the USSR, was under surveillance by the CIA 59 days before the assassination, and was a spy.
The files also show that former CIA agent Gary Underhill claimed the agency was responsible for JFK’s assassination. He was later found dead in what was ruled a “suicide.” More shockingly, a man named Sergy Czornonoh reportedly knew that Oswald would be killed after assassinating Kennedy and that legendary civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. would also be assassinated. Czornonoh also allegedly knew in advance that Kennedy would be killed in Dallas.
But there remain unanswered questions, particularly surrounding the CIA and the man who succeeded Kennedy as president following the assassination: Lyndon Baines Johnson.
James Johnston, author of “Murder, Inc.: The CIA under John F. Kennedy,” explained to the USA Today revealed that a crucial document exists but has not been turned over to the National Archives. This paper concerns the first one-on-one conversation between President Lyndon Johnson and CIA Director John McCone, which occurred after Johnson assumed power following JFK’s assassination.
Philip Shenon, author of “A Cruel and Shocking Act: The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination.” notes that McCone has been long suspected of hiding crucial details from the Warren Commission, the panel Johnson created to supposedly ‘investigate’ the assassination. Shenon wrote a 2015 story in Politico that McCone was kept on as CIA director by Johnson and previously pledged full cooperation with the commission.
McCone claimed during his testimony that the agency had zero evidence to conclude that Oswald was part of a conspiracy. Instead, Oswald was supposedly just a former Marine and Marxist who operated as a lone wolf.
The Warren Commission took McCone at his word. But as noted by Shenon, the CIA later acknowledged that McCone had hidden information from commission investigators.
There are also many respected Americans, such as legendary political operative Roger Stone, who have long suspected Johnson played a role in Kennedy’s murder.
Americans deserve to see the conversation between LBJ and McCone because it will likely shed critical light on what both knew regarding Kennedy’s assassination and perhaps shut down any so-called ‘conspiracy theorists.’ Or it could end up proving the ‘crazies’ right again.
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