Oscar-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone testified before a House Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets regarding newly released government documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Stone expressed his belief that decades of delays in releasing unredacted records have prevented clarity on who killed JFK and called for a new investigation free from political considerations to reexamine all evidence. Stone’s 1991 film “JFK” portrayed Kennedy’s murder as a government conspiracy and received multiple Oscar nominations. The hearing also featured witness testimony criticizing the Trump administration’s handling of the recent JFK document release. Additionally, authors Jefferson Morley and James DiEugenio, who have written books about conspiracies surrounding JFK’s assassination, were invited to speak at the hearing. This hearing comes 50 years after previous Senate and House investigations provided conflicting conclusions on the existence of a conspiracy behind Kennedy’s killing. The last formal congressional probe of JFK’s assassination occurred in 1978, when a House committee report suggested the president was likely assassinated as a result of a conspiracy involving various entities, while a Senate committee in 1976 did not find enough evidence to support a conspiracy. Ultimately, the Warren Commission, appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, determined that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination.
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