Donald Trump does not plan to block the scheduled release of thousands of never publicly seen government documents related to the assassination of President John F Kennedy. Trump could block the release on the grounds that making the material public would harm intelligence, law enforcement, military operations or foreign relations. Trump promoted one of those theories when he linked Texas senator Ted Cruz’s father to Kennedy’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, during the Republican presidential primary in April 2016. Rafael Cruz “was with Lee Harvey Oswald” prior to the shooting, Trump told Fox News, adding: “The whole thing is ridiculous. “I mean, what was he doing – what was he doing with Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before the death?

Source: The Guardian October 21, 2017 15:19 UTC