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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nephew of the late PresidentJohn F. Kennedy, is blaming the CIA for his uncle’s assassination in 1963.
The controversial Democratic presidential candidate made the bold remarks during an interview Sunday withJohn Catsimatidison his WABC 770 AM showCats Roundtable.
“I think there is overwhelming evidence that the CIA was involved in his murder,” Kennedy, 69, said of the Dallas, Texas,assassination of JFK. “I think it’s beyond a reasonable doubt at this point.”
“The evidence is overwhelming that the CIA was involved in the murder and in the cover-up,” he told Catsimatidis, 74.
PEOPLE reached out to the CIA for comment on Kennedy’s statements.
Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine, was charged with the murder, and the Warren Commission later found that the gunman had acted alone. Despite the official conclusion, JFK’s assassination has fueled conspiracy theories for decades — a prominent one being that the CIA was involved.
Kennedy haspreviously expressed doubts about JFK’s assassination, suggesting in the past that he was unconvinced Oswald acted alone.
FILE - In this Nov. 22, 1963 file photo, President John F. Kennedy waves from his car in a motorcade in Dallas. Riding with Kennedy are First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, right, Nellie Connally, second from left, and her husband, Texas Gov. John Connally, far left. The National Archives is due to release the John F. Kennedy assassination files on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Jim Altgens, File)
The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 states that government records concerning the death of JFK “should be eventually disclosed to enable the public to become fully informed about the history surrounding the assassination.”
Ahead of the document release, Kennedy spoke with PEOPLE, expressing his frustration.
“They should just release the records. It’s been 58 years,” he said at the time. “Are they trying to seriously tell us they haven’t had time to read them? … And the White House is saying they haven’t had time to read them in three generations. It just makes people think that government lies, and it makes Joe Biden look like a liar. He’s doing the same thing Trump did: He promised to release them and now he’s saying no, the same as Trump.”
In April the former environmental lawyer and son of late U.S. Attorney GeneralRobert F. Kennedyfiled paperwork with the Federal Election Commissionto run as a Democratic candidatefor president in 2024. His fatherwas assassinated in the same position, seeking the Democratic presidential nomination in 1968.
One month prior to filing the paperwork, Kennedy alluded that he would run for office in a tweet asking people to “help me decide whether to run for president.”
“If it looks like I can raise the money and mobilize enough people to win, I’ll jump in the race,” he tweeted. “If I run, my top priority will be to end the corrupt merger between state and corporate power that has ruined our economy, shattered the middle class, polluted our landscapes and waters, poisoned our children, and robbed us of our values and freedoms.”
source: people.com
