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OutKick founder and conservative radio host Clay Travis directly asked President Donald Trump who was responsible for the assassination of JFK — and Trump named the shooter while suggesting he didn’t act alone.
Trump has since declassified thousands of pages of documents related to the JFK assassination. Over the weekend, Travis landed an exclusive interview with Trump aboard Air Force One, asking a series of bold questions unlikely to be raised in traditional media outlets.
Travis asked Trump if he believes that the one shooter identified as the lone assassin – Lee Harvey Oswald — “killed JFK personally,” to which the president responded that he did, though he didn’t believe Oswald acted alone:
TRAVIS: You released the JFK files.
TRUMP: Yes.
TRAVIS: Do you think Oswald killed JFK personally?
TRUMP: I do, and I always felt that.
TRAVIS: Yes.
TRUMP: Of course he was — he helped. And based on the papers that, you know, we were at least 88,000.
TRAVIS: I know.
TRUMP: Ok. And in fact, there was some that they needed a little bit more time just — and we said, go over to the office, we’ll show you that too, you know.
TRAVIS: Yes.
TRUMP: So nobody could say. And they’ve been released. I think the papers have turned out to be somewhat unspectacular.
TRAVIS: Yes.
TRUMP: Right?
TRAVIS: I think that’s true.
TRUMP: All right. And maybe that’s a good thing.
During his campaign last year, Trump repeatedly promised to release the remaining files on the JFK, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King assassinations, all of which took place during the turbulent 1960s.
In addition, Trump vowed to release files pertaining to late financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and that appears imminent.
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Sunday assured that files would soon be released per an executive order issued in January by Trump just as soon as FBI agents finished redacting personal information regarding his victims.
During an appearance on Fox News with Maria Bartiromo, Bondi told the host that agents were working diligently to shield personal, private information related to the convicted pedophile’s hundreds of victims spread over thousands of documents.
“Tens of thousands of pages of documents, and hundreds and hundreds of victims of Jeffrey Epstein,” Bondi said. “So the FBI, they have been working ’round the clock at my directive, at [FBI Director] Kash Patel’s directive, now [FBI Deputy Director] Dan Bongino’s there, who is a great asset for all of us at the FBI as well,” she said.
“But yeah, we have to protect their identity, their personal information to make sure they’re safe. But other than that, we are releasing all of these documents as soon as we can get them redacted to protect the victims of him,” Bondi continued.
The Justice Department is scrambling to review sensitive materials from the FBI’s investigation into Epstein, with Bondi pressing both the FBI and her department to release more documents, multiple sources told ABC News. The push comes amid mounting pressure from President Donald Trump’s supporters demanding greater transparency in the case.
Sources say as many as a thousand FBI agents—many typically assigned to national security duties—have been redirected to assist with the effort, the outlet claimed.
Justice Department officials have made it clear throughout the Trump administration that reviewing the materials related to Epstein has become a top priority for Bondi, according to sources who spoke to ABC News. The goal is to determine what information can be publicly released in the coming days.
FBI agents involved in the review have reportedly been instructed to prepare for long hours, including working into the early morning, the outlet said.
