{"id":2418609,"date":"2025-04-01T17:45:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T21:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oliver-stone-asks-congress-to-reopen-jfk-assassination-investigation-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T17:47:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T21:47:13","slug":"oliver-stone-asks-congress-to-reopen-jfk-assassination-investigation-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oliver-stone-asks-congress-to-reopen-jfk-assassination-investigation-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Oliver Stone asks Congress to reopen JFK assassination investigation &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foliver-stone-asks-congress-to-reopen-jfk-assassination-investigation-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2418609&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Filmmaker Oliver Stone has urged Congress to reopen the investigation into President John F.Kennedy&#8217;s assassination,arguing that the original Warren Commission&#8217;s findings were inadequate. During a recent House Oversight subcommittee hearing, which <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">discussed newly declassified documents related<\/a> to Kennedy&#8217;s death, Stone emphasized the need for a thorough reexamination of the evidence, questioning the conclusion that Lee Harvey oswald acted alone. He called for Congress to investigate further and suggested subpoenaing NBC for original footage of the assassination.<\/p>\n<p>Witness Jefferson Morley, a journalist and author, echoed Stone&#8217;s sentiments, suggesting that Oswald may not have been the primary orchestrator of Kennedy&#8217;s death, implying possible involvement of elements within the U.S. government, particularly the CIA and the Pentagon. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-georgia-secretary-of-state-brad-raffensperger-neglected-to-protect-georgians-by-allowing-dominion-voting-machines-in-elections-he-didnt-prevent-fraud-he-provided-f\/\" title=\"REPORT: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger Neglected to Protect Georgians By Allowing Dominion Voting Machines in Elections \u2013 He Didn\u2019t Prevent Fraud \u2013 He Provided for It\">recent call<\/a> for inquiry comes in light of the declassification of thousands of pages of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-erics-voter-roll-maintenance-is-so-popular-why-do-democrats-feel-a-need-to-force-states-to-join\/\" title=\"Why do Democrats want to force states to join ERIC&#039;s voter roll &#039;maintenance&#039; if it&#039;s already popular\">related files<\/a>,which raised concerns about privacy breaches and the handling of sensitive information. Some lawmakers expressed a desire for transparency and accountability regarding government actions and past cover-ups.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Oliver Stone asks Congress to reopen JFK assassination investigation with new evidence available<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2079381\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Filmmaker Oliver Stone called on Congress to reopen an investigation into the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy during a novel House hearing Tuesday, which featured witnesses who cast doubt on whether Lee Harvey Oswald was responsible.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I ask the Committee to reopen what the Warren Commission failed miserably to complete. I ask you in good faith &hellip; to reinvestigate the assassination of President Kennedy from the scene of the crime to the courtroom,&rdquo; Stone, filmmaker of the 1991 movie <em>JFK<\/em>, told a House Oversight subcommittee examining newly declassified government documents on JFK&rsquo;s death.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3366390\/nine-house-republicans-votes-against-leadership-efforts-kill-proxy-voting-bill\/\">The nine Republicans who voted against House leadership&#8217;s efforts to kill proxy voting bill<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3366499\/house-judiciary-committee-spars-impeachment-federal-judges\/\">House Judiciary Committee spars over impeachment of judges who blocked Trump&#8217;s agenda<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3366185\/house-judiciary-committee-investigate-washington-state-sanctuary-status\/\">House Judiciary Committee to investigate Washington state&#8217;s sanctuary status<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3353482\/jfk-files-inside-look-cia-shadowy-cold-war-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"JFK FILES PROVIDE INSIDE LOOK AT CIA&rsquo;S SHADOWY COLD WAR HISTORY\">JFK FILES PROVIDE INSIDE LOOK AT CIA&rsquo;S SHADOWY COLD WAR HISTORY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stone&rsquo;s film helped expedite the 1992 JFK Records Act, which mandated the National Archives and Records Administration to collect all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-says-hes-aware-of-possibility-cia-could-assassinate-him\/\" title=\"RFK Jr. acknowledges ...&#039;s potential to assassinate him.\">government records related<\/a> to the assassination. His film reignited public skepticism of a government cover-up on details of the president&rsquo;s death and whether the CIA may have played a role.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rejects-bannon-bid-to-avoid-prison-sentence-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Supreme Court rejects Bannon bid to avoid prison sentence - Washington Examiner\">committee&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets is chaired by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) to push for government declassification. However, Stone called on Congress to do more with the information. This came five decades after the Warren Commission concluded Oswald acted alone when he shot JFK on Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, while traveling in his presidential&nbsp;motorcade.<\/p>\n<p>Stone called on Congress to subpoena NBC, saying the network would have the original film of the 1963 assassination. Luna said the task force plans to send a letter to request the film.<\/p>\n<p>Witness Jefferson Morley, a journalist and author who has written on the CIA and JFK assassination, repeatedly said he did not come here to discuss partisan politics over the matters that unfolded while also noting he is a Democrat.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Oswald was not the intellectual author of Kennedy&rsquo;s death, even if he fired a gun that day,&rdquo; Morley said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked who was responsible, Morley said, &ldquo;Kennedy&rsquo;s enemies high in his own government,&rdquo; noting it was &ldquo;probably&rdquo; the CIA and the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing was held after President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3353482\/jfk-files-inside-look-cia-shadowy-cold-war-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"declassified thousands of pages\">declassified thousands of pages<\/a> of the JFK assassination files earlier this year through an executive order.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The files contained Social Security numbers of previous government employees, some of who are still alive, raising concerns over the privacy breach in the release. Democrats argued that the information was not declassified correctly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3365123\/freedom-caucus-quiet-anna-paulina-luna-leaves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>FREEDOM CAUCUS KEEPS QUIET AFTER ANNA PAULINA LUNA GETS LOUD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) said Americans deserve transparency.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not scared of the deep state,&rdquo; Mace <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepNancyMace\/status\/1907155253507588469\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">wrote on X<\/a>. &ldquo;I am going to keep exposing their corruption alongside<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/POTUS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> @POTUS<\/a> because this nation deserves better than their cover-ups.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2079381\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2079381\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oliver Stone urges Congress to revisit JFK assassination inquiry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3691,"featured_media":2418610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/stone-jfk-hearing.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4402,36065,52651],"class_list":["post-2418609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-congress","tag-jfk-assassination","tag-oliver-stone"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/stone-jfk-hearing.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2418609"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2418613,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418609\/revisions\/2418613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2418610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2418609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2418609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2418609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}