Overview

• Oscar-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone testified before the House Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets about newly declassified JFK assassination files.
• The hearing follows the National Archives' release of nearly 2,200 previously redacted documents, as directed by President Trump’s January 2025 executive order.
• Stone, a long-time critic of the official narrative, called for a reopening of the investigation and criticized the CIA for a lack of transparency.
• Scholars and experts maintain that the files do not contradict the Warren Commission’s finding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in Kennedy's assassination.
• Public skepticism persists, with the hearing reigniting debates about government transparency, conspiracy theories, and the role of intelligence agencies in the 1963 assassination.