JRE #2461 - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Aired Feb 27, 2026
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The CIA killed President John F. Kennedy.
The finding
What the evidence shows
The 2025 mass declassification of JFK files, over 77,000 pages, added new detail on unrelated Cold War era CIA operations abroad but turned up nothing new about the assassination itself. Historian Fredrik Logevall, who reviewed the release, said there was 'little or nothing new' on the killing, and the documents don't contradict the Warren Commission's finding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. No verified evidence in the public record implicates the CIA in Kennedy's death.
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Quick answer
Is it true that the CIA killed President John F. Kennedy?
No, not as stated. The 2025 mass declassification of JFK files, over 77,000 pages, added new detail on unrelated Cold War era CIA operations abroad but turned up nothing new about the assassination itself. It was said on JRE #2461 - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., aired Feb 27, 2026, at 55:40. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. The supporting source is news.harvard.edu, linked below.
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