Witnesses Tell House Task Force to Reinvestigate JFK Assassination

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Award-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone led a panel of experts testifying about the need for transparency from the federal government.

WASHINGTONโ€”A panel of expert witnesses that included renowned filmmaker Oliver Stone told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reformโ€™s Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets on April 1 that more work is needed to uncover the truth about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

โ€œLet us see past the lies and let us hear what happened,โ€ Stone told the task force. โ€œThe truth is the greatest treasure a Socratic soul can attain in this lifetime.โ€

The three-time Academy Award-winning director released a movie titled โ€œJFKโ€ in 1991 and followed that with a documentary in 2021 called โ€œJFK: Revisited.โ€

He questioned the role played by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), saying it โ€œoperates arrogantly outside our laws.โ€

A litany of motives for removing Kennedy existed at the time, including those related to expanding the Vietnam War and securing power for the military-industrial complex, among others, according to the director.

โ€œHe was changing things, changing too many things too fast. It was a major problem for some, and he was going to win a second election,โ€ Stone told The Epoch Times after the hearing. โ€œAnd he had a brother, a younger brother, and there was fear of a dynasty. They were terrified of that possibility.โ€

Expressing doubt about the Warren Commissionโ€™s findings in 1964, which fingered Lee Harvey Oswald as a lone gunman responsible for Kennedyโ€™s murder, he asked the committee to reopen an investigation into the incident.

Some lawmakers on the dais acknowledged a need to follow up on questions regarding the chain of custody of evidence and discrepancies in testimony and records related to the crime, saying the lack of transparency over nearly 62 years has eroded trust in government.

โ€œFor over six decades, questions have lingered, shrouded in secrecy and speculation,โ€ task force chairwoman Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) said during opening remarks. โ€œWhat has been alarming to me is the amount of stonewalling the federal government put forth to hide this information from the American people.โ€

She said revelations included in the approximately 80,000 pages of documents declassified by President Donald Trump on March 18 are โ€œstaggeringโ€ and raiseย โ€œserious concerns.โ€

Byย Travis Gillmore

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