JFK assassination expert hints at the dark secrets that will be revealed when Trump releases files

A renowned JFK assassination expert predicted that the release of classified files related to the president's death may be set to 'embarrass' the CIA. Gerald Posner, who wrote noted biography on the assassination 'Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK', said Donald Trump's release of the files could send shockwaves through the agency. A renowned JFK assassination expert predicted that the release of classified files related to the president's death may be set to 'embarrass' the CIA While the expert, Gerald Posner, rejects conspiracy theories that anyone besides Lee Harvey Oswald killed Kennedy, but posits that the CIA was responsible for letting the known Soviet sympathizer and unhinged veteran slip through the net Posner said this week that he has long suspected the CIA was partially responsible for Kennedy's assassination being allowed to happen, but was eager to see the classified files release to see if his theory is correct. President Trump signed executive orders this week that will release long-classified files related to the assassinations of JFK, his brother RFK and Martin Luther King Jr. Gerald Posner said while the documents' release is likely to reveal 'fascinating' details, the public should not get their hopes up for a 'smoking gun' that will reveal different killers However, Posner said he the public shouldn't get their hopes up for a 'smoking gun' to reveal a different killer. Conspiracies have swirled for decades claiming JFK's assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was not a lone actor and was working with Soviets or Cubans – or even the U.S. CIA The executive order, obtained by DailyMail.com, said: 'More than 50 years after the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Federal Government has not released to the public all of its records related to those events.