Donald Trump, JFK Assassination Records and Deep State Secrets
Donald Trump reportedly declined to release the full JFK assassination records in 2017 following pressure from CIA Director Mike Pompeo. Judge Andrew Napolitano claims Trump later suggested the files contained secrets so sensitive they could not be disclosed to the public. These records, originally organized by Robert Kennedy shortly after the 1963 assassination, remain a point of contention between the executive branch and intelligence agencies.
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00:00 And I think, again, that that handshake between Kennedy, RFK Jr., and Trump during the Arizona event is one of those ripples that if it carries into the administration, if they're able to bring it forward, then this is dramatic. And I do want to say this on the historical record in terms of JFK. A lot of people have said to me, well, look, the CIA would never leave anything that's incriminating to them in their own records. Come on, those records don't mean anything. No, there's a reason that they've sat on those records. I'm gonna tell you what it is, which is the records in the Kennedy case were originally handled and set up four hours after the assassination by Robert Kennedy, the Attorney General. This is crucial. He called John McCone in to meet him at a farm in Virginia and said, I'm installing this piece into your reporting on it. If it ever comes out, it's gonna ring all these bells and whistles off in the Justice Department.
00:56 So there's something sitting in those files and remember famously when Trump was supposed to release them in that period in 2017, October 26, which was the 25 year deadline set by Congress. He was not able to release them fully. He came out with some of the biggest, he divulged some of the biggest secret files, but he did not let them out fully. And part of that reason was Mike Pompeo came to him and said you can't do this. the leader of the CIA and he was giving him all these different various reasons. And so Trump didn't do it and at the end of his administration, Judge Napolitano, of course that libertarian judge that people know so well and has a lot of integrity. He had a relationship with Trump, it's kind of a back and forth relationship, but he called him after the assassination. No, no, after the election loss in 2020 and said, why don't you release the records on the way out? You said you would.
01:52 And Trump said, no, I can't do it. I can't do it. And Napolitano, the way he tells it, it's very interesting. And this is something we've highlighted on my show. He said, well, why not? You can't treat the American public like children. Why wouldn't you let this out? It's crucial. The assassination of a president at 60 years later. And Trump said, Andrew, you don't understand. If you saw what was in those files, you couldn't let them out either. Do you understand? So, Napolitano said, I don't know what it was. And Trump also said, I'll tell you at some point, but not when there's 30 people listening to me like there are in this phone call right now. So Trump knew, he understood that there's a deep state secret hanging there deep in the background. He may have even used it as a card in some of his deep state poker matches that have gone on here, including them trying to land him in prison, kill him or otherwise.
