The JFK assassination conspiracy theories

Release of remaining classified documents could shed light on whether shooter acted alone or was part of wider conspiracy

John F. Kennedy
The assassination of John F. Kennedy helped conspiracist thinking become a cultural phenomenon
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Donald Trump has vowed to release "all" government records relating to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, one of the defining events of the 20th century that continues to divide opinion more than 60 years on.

The current US president signed an executive order on his first day in office ordering classified files on the assassination of JFK in 1963 – along with those related to the deaths in 1968 of his brother Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr – to be made public.

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