Tucker Carlson has claimed a Republican U.S. senator has been secretly working to thwart the release of the highly anticipated files on President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
Carlson said the individual pressured those within the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to reject the nomination of another person by President Donald Trump to join his national intelligence team.
The nominee previously pushed for a full, unredacted release of the JFK files, which Carlson said was the reason behind the senator’s moves.
“You have a sitting member of the United States Senate whose main goal is to keep those files secret, and then you have to ask yourself, what is that?” Carlson told former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo during his show.
While nobody alive could be implicated in the assassination cover-up of Kennedy, Carlson said he knew who may have been attempting to do so, naming Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) of Arkansas.
“If you’re telling me that, six weeks ago, a sitting senator was attempting to keep someone out of a job to keep these files secret to protect ‘the CIA,’ I don’t believe that for a second,” Carlson declared.
Cuomo asked Carlson why he had not called Trump and asked what motivation Sen. Cotton may have for blocking his nominee.
“I haven’t. I haven’t asked,” Carlson said.
“I’d like to… I’m not sure he’ll sit down and do an interview with me.”
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Cotton fired back at Carlson, saying he “knows how to reach me” and hasn’t followed up to ask him about the secondhand story.
“This is false. I have no problem releasing the ‘JFK files.’ Had @tuckercarlson asked me, I would’ve told him,” Cotton wrote on X.
“He has texted me multiple times in recent weeks, so he knows how to reach me.”
He continued:
“I would’ve explained that I’ve never spoken to President Trump or his associates or administration officials about the files, never objected to the appointment of any person because of the files, and have complete faith that Tulsi Gabbard, John Ratcliffe, Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, and other officials will release the files as appropriate in accordance with President Trump’s directive.”
However, Cotton recently objected to President Trump’s decision to revoke security details for several officials from his administration, including:
- Former National Security Advisor John Bolton
- Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his top aide Brian Hook
Cotton said Trump’s decision could have a major effect on who in the intelligence community agrees to work with him in his second administration.
“It’s also about the president being able to get good people and get good advice,” Cotton said.
“They might hesitate to do so, or they might hesitate if they’re in office to give him the advice he needs to carry out the policies that he decides upon.”
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