Nearly sixty years after President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, many Americans still are not completely convinced it was the work of a lone crazed gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald, who himself was gunned down in cold blood by underworld figure Jack Ruby just a few days after Oswald’s arrest.
But if former President Donald Trump once again wins the White House, the mystery will finally be revealed.
Or so he says.
“I released a lot, as you know. And I will release everything else” in the JFK file, Trump said in an interview with The Messenger published on Monday.
Former President George H.W. Bush signed the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 into law, but the release of documents related to the assassination has faced numerous delays over the years. These delays have allowed conspiracy theories surrounding Kennedy’s death to persist even after nearly six decades.
During his first term in office, former President Trump oversaw the partial release of some documents related to the Kennedy assassination. However, he opted against a complete disclosure, citing concerns related to national security, law enforcement, and foreign affairs. President Joe Biden has also chosen not to make a full disclosure at this time.
While the latest deadline for document release is set for June 30, intermittent online postings of documents have occurred in recent months. In December, the National Archives announced that over 97% of the collection was already available to the public, the Daily Wire reports.
Trump, during the interview, was asked if there was anything left to be revealed that Americans should be “scared” about or that would make the U.S. look “terrible.”
“Well, I don’t want to comment on that,” Trump replied. “But I will tell you that I have released a lot. I will release the remaining portion very early in my term.”
Interestingly, Robert Kennedy Jr., nephew of JFK, is running for the Democratic Party’s 2024 nomination and has recently garnered attention for his belief that there is “overwhelming” evidence implicating the CIA in his uncle’s assassination.
In response, the CIA has published a study on its website refuting the claims and labeling them as a “lie,” linking the agency to the JFK killing, the outlet reported.
