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In 1994, while serving a 50-year sentence for the 1991 attempted murders of two police officers, Files gave interviews stating that he was the "grassy knoll shooter" in the 1963 assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy.
- Paroled in May 2016
- American
- May 7, 1991
- James Sutton
James Files claims he shot President Kennedy from behind the Grassy Knoll fence at a range of 30-35 yards (100 feet) with a prototype 222 short rifle named the Fireball made by Remington with a 3 power scope on it, which was given to him by David Atlee Phillips 8 months to a year prior to the Kennedy assassination, and it was used for prior ...
- What’s in The Declassified JFK Assassination Documents?
- What The Experts Say
- Will These Declassified Documents Fuel More Conspiracy Theories?
- How Many JFK Assassination Files Have Been Declassified?
1) Of the documents that were originally set to be released, some 3,100 had never been seen by the public before. Though few experts expected the final batch of files to offer up a “smoking gun” proving Lee Harvey Oswalddid not act alone in killing Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963, the last batch of files were expected to provide more insight...
Gerald Posner, an expert on the Kennedy assassination and author of the book Cold Case, speculatedthat the revelations contained in the files might have proven embarrassing to some prominent figures: “There may be people who were informing to the CIA at the time who have moved on to careers in politics and business, and the revelation that they wer...
Despite the commission’s official conclusion in 1964 that Oswald acted alone in killing Kennedy, many people have held fast to the belief that more than one person had to be involved. (It certainly didn’t help that Oswald never stood trial for the crime, having been shot to death by Jack Rubytwo days after Kennedy’s assassination.) Speculation abou...
Of the total library of files—which encompasses some 5 million pages—88 percent has been open and available to the public since the late 1990s, according to the National Archives. An additional 11 percent had been released in redacted form, with sensitive portions excised. Leading up to October 2017, the Archives released a batch of material that J...
- Sarah Pruitt
Apr 8, 2016 · Apparently Files was given $30,000 for his role in the assassination. Files continued to work for Charlie Nicoletti until he was murdered on 29th March, 1977. Files was arrested on 5th August, 1991 and charged with attempting to kill a policeman called David Ostertag.
Nov 13, 2014 · Genres: Documentary. Duration: 2 hours 48 minutes. Availability: Worldwide. On the eve of the 40th Anniversary of the JFK Assassination, from Stateville Correctional Center, Joliet Illinois, confessed assassin James Earl Files tells of his role in The Crime of the Century.
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Nov 27, 2023 · Unlike his bosses, Files survived the wave of assassinations in the American underworld. Chauncey Holt. A certain Chauncey Holt also plays a significant role in the investigations of Shelton. Shortly after JFK’s murder, three men were arrested on the railway yard behind Dealey Plaza, hiding in a wagon.
Meet James Files, an 81-year-old man who has emerged from the shadows to claim he was the elusive shooter behind the infamous picket fence during the assassination. As researchers struggled to uncover the truth for decades, Files's testimony sends shockwaves through the world of conspiracy theories.
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