With the Donald Trump administration making the final set of files on the assassination of John F Kennedy, the 35th US president, several shocking revelations have come to the fore. One of these findings is the evidence supporting the presence of a second shooter.
Though there were conspiracy theories on the second shooter following the JFK assassination, this is the first time that evidence has emerged regarding this. Earlier, the Warren Commission maintained that the shooter, Harvey Lee Oswald, carried out the assassination single-handedly. On November 22, 1963, Oswald allegedly fired three shots in 8.6 second at John F Kennedy, who was riding in a presidential motorcade in Dallas, Texas.
President Trump is ushering in a new era of maximum transparency. Today, per his direction, previously redacted JFK Assassination Files are being released to the public with no redactions. Promises made, promises kept. https://t.co/UnG1vkgxjX pic.twitter.com/XBbkQfz4Bx
— DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) March 18, 2025
However, the declassified JFK files has brought to light witness accounts and ballistic reports that contradict the now-believed theory that Oswald was alone. The new trove of files revealed that one of the shots fired at Kennedy may have come from the grassy knoll, an elevated area in front of the motorcade.
In 1979, the House Select Committee of Assassinations had pointed out a "high probability" about the presence of a second shooter, supported by ballistic evidence. The testimonies by onlookers also corroborate this claim. One of these witnesses was silenced by a government agents.
Around 63,000 pages of the estimated 80,000 pages of documents have been published so far while the remaining are expected to be digitised soon. While previewing the release, Trump told reporters, "You got a lot of reading.
In his January executive order, Trump had also directed national archivists to release files related to the 1968 assassinations of Senator Robert F Kennedy and civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.
