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Who killed John F Kennedy? The assassination that shocked the world

Who killed John F Kennedy? The assassination that shocked the world

It has inspired hundreds of books, dozens of documentaries and at least nine films.

America and the world have a fascination with the assassination of President John F Kennedy.

And more than 61 years later, the new occupant of the White House is committed to fully uncovering the murder.


"This is a big deal," said President Donald Trump, as he signed the executive order to declassify the documents.

"Many people have been waiting for this for a long time, for years, for decades," he added.

"And everything will be revealed," the Republican concluded.

But the late president's grandson, Jack Schlossberg, accused Donald Trump of using his grandfather's murder as a "political boost," writes sky news, the Telegraph reports.

In a statement posted online, he said: "JFK conspiracy theories - the truth is far sadder than the myth - a tragedy that should not have happened. Not part of a grand inevitable scheme."

"Declassification is using JFK as a political prop, when he's not here to fight back. There's nothing heroic about it," he added.

Trump signs declassification of John Kennedy and Martin Luther King files
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It is well known that John F Kennedy was a political icon – he led America through the Cuban Missile Crisis, the closest it had ever come to nuclear war.

He was shot dead in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963 – an event that stunned the world and still resonates today.

Opinion polls have consistently shown that most Americans do not believe that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone attacker.

Conspiracy theorists even blame everyone from Cuba – at the heart of the nuclear missile crisis – to the CIA itself.

Many files have already been released, including 13,000 documents from President Joe Biden's tenure, but most have been redacted.

But 'who shot JFK?'

The question fits Trump's narrative of a "deep state" that hides secrets from the American population.

It is reported that Kennedy's assassination continues to be a symbol of people's lack of trust in their government.

Otherwise, Trump's executive order also covers files related to the assassination of John F Kennedy's brother, Robert F Kennedy, as well as Martin Luther King Jr.

The Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General have 15 days to submit a plan for the release of the John F Kennedy documents and 45 days for the Robert F Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. documents. /Telegraph/

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