{"id":2602467,"date":"2026-05-13T23:56:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T03:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/luna-threatens-subpoena-after-whistleblower-says-cia-seized-jfk-files\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T23:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T03:59:07","slug":"luna-threatens-subpoena-after-whistleblower-says-cia-seized-jfk-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/luna-threatens-subpoena-after-whistleblower-says-cia-seized-jfk-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Luna threatens subpoena after whistleblower says CIA seized JFK files"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fluna-threatens-subpoena-after-whistleblower-says-cia-seized-jfk-files%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=2602467&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>Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) told the CIA it has 24 hours to return documents linked to the JFK assassination and the CIA\u2019s MKUltra program that were reportedly taken from former CIA director of national intelligence tulsi Gabbard\u2019s office. She said she plans to push for a subpoena if the documents aren\u2019t returned,and Rep. James Comer\u2019s House Oversight Committee also sent a letter asking the CIA to preserve all related records.<\/p>\n<p>Luna\u2019s demands follow testimony from James Erdman, a career CIA officer, who told the Senate Homeland Security Committee that the agency removed about 40 boxes of material from Gabbard\u2019s office. The article notes that Trump had previously promised declassification of JFK assassination files, and that the CIA documents were allegedly pulled from the National Reconnaissance Office during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-layoffs-show-trump-isnt-bluffing\/\" title=\"Federal layoffs show Trump isn&#039;t bluffing\">prior government shutdown<\/a> and have not returned to ODNI since.<\/p>\n<p>MKUltra-an old clandestine CIA mind-control and interrogation research program-is also discussed, including claims that many files were destroyed in 1973 but thousands later survived and were released through congressional efforts. luna later clarified that while the raid didn\u2019t happen on Wednesday, that was when her team learned about it, and she suggested the MKUltra files \u201capparently never existed.\u201d The CIA disputed Erdman\u2019s framing, calling the testimony politically motivated rather than a whistleblower effort, and Rep. Tim Burchett backed Luna, arguing the CIA shoudl be subpoenaed to produce and preserve the documents.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/anna-paulina-luna\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11243\">Anna Paulina Luna<\/a> (R-FL) issued an ultimatum to the CIA on Wednesday, saying it has 24 hours to return documents related to the assassination of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-f-kennedy\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4031\">John F. Kennedy<\/a> and its MKUltra program that were reportedly taken from Director of National Intelligence <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tulsi-gabbard\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1024\">Tulsi Gabbard<\/a>\u2018s office. <\/p>\n<p>The situation was exacerbated when James Erdman, a career CIA operations officer, testified before the Senate homeland security committee that the agency had taken roughly 40 boxes relating to the former president\u2019s assassination and the controversial human experiment from Gabbard\u2019s office. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4567849\/spartz-massie-ex-girlfriend-allegations-bribery\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Spartz says she didn\u2019t extend Massie accuser\u2019s contract over \u2018concerning\u2019 conduct<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4567597\/howard-lutnick-epstein-testimony-massage-table\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Howard Lutnick testified he saw Epstein\u2019s massage table as \u2018sexual in nature\u2019 during 2005 visit<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4567499\/house-gop-third-reconciliation-bill-fraud-affordability\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>House GOP plotting third reconciliation bill focused on fraud and affordability<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Gabbard, whose office oversees the CIA,\u00a0was reviewing the information relating to the events for declassification. President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> had promised the declassification of the files relating to JFK\u2019s assassination, releasing thousands last year. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Luna said the documents had been requested by Congress and that if they were not returned, she would introduce a motion to subpoena them. <\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-comer\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1931\">James Comer<\/a> (R-KY), who chairs the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-oversight-committee\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1524\">House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform<\/a>, and Luna issued a letter to CIA Director John Ratcliffe requesting that all documents relating to the JFK assassination and the controversial MKUltra experiment be preserved.<\/p>\n<p>Luna had <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4549102\/anna-paulina-luna-mkultra-hearing-cia-mind-control-program\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4549102\/anna-paulina-luna-mkultra-hearing-cia-mind-control-program\/\">previously announced <\/a>that the House oversight committee would be holding a hearing on MKUltra. <\/p>\n<p>Luna later corrected herself, saying the raid did not happen on Wednesday but that that was the time at which she and her colleagues found out about it. She added that ODNI had jurisdiction over the documents. <\/p>\n<p>CIA officials allegedly took the documents from the National Reconnaissance Office last year during the government shutdown, and they have not been back in ODNI\u2019s possession since, NewsNation\u2019s Katie Pavlich <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KatiePavlich\/status\/2054738165252956207\">reported<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>MKUltra was a secret CIA program that ran from the 1950s to 1970s that experimented with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/celebrate-the-truth-politifact-announces-festival-of-fact-checking-with-special-guests-anthony-fauci-and-cnns-brian-stelter\/\" title=\"\u2018Celebrate The Truth!\u2019 PolitiFact Announces \u2018Festival Of Fact-Checking,\u2019 With Spe...l Guests ... and CNN\u2019s Brian Stelter\">mind control<\/a>, behavior modification, and interrogation techniques, sometimes using drugs such as LSD on unwitting subjects. Many files were destroyed in 1973, but thousands of surviving CIA documents were later released through congressional investigation in the 1970s and afterward. <\/p>\n<p>Luna said in an interview with Pavlich that the files taken from Gabbard\u2019s office relating to MKUltra \u201capparently never existed.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>CIA spokeswoman Liz Lyons released a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CIASpox\/status\/2054564144943104008\">statement<\/a> following Erdman\u2019s testimony, saying he was \u201cnot appearing as a whistleblower in pursuit of the truth\u201d but rather in response to a subpoena to discuss Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former White House COVID-19 adviser, pushing the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >national security community<\/a> into publicly saying the COVID-19 pandemic had a natural origin instead of coming from a lab leak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis proceeding amounts to nothing more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cia-furious-as-active-agent-testifies-on-faucis-enormous-role-in-covid-cover-up\/\" title=\"... Furious as Active Agent Testifies on Fauci&#039;s Enormous Role in COVID &#039;Cover-Up&#039;\">dishonest political theater masquerading<\/a> as a congressional hearing,\u201d Lyons said, signaling a fracture in the agency\u2019s willingness to comply with congressional subpoenas.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-cia-whistleblower-accuses-fauci-of-misleading-intelligence-community-on-covid-19-origins\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4566282\/whistleblower-accuses-fauci-misled-intelligence-community-covid-origins\/\"><strong>CIA WHISTLEBLOWER ACCUSES FAUCI OF MISLEADING INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ON COVID-19 ORIGINS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) responded to Luna\u2019s threat in an X post, supporting the congresswoman in her venture to subpoena the CIA. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CIA lied about MK Ultra existing,\u201d Burchett said. \u201cThey were sued and were forced to admit it but say they aren\u2019t doing it now. Which lie do you believe? Subpoena and preserve these documents now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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