Nearly six decades after the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, the CIA has quietly released 1,500 pages of documents that point to a chilling conspiracy to eliminate the Democratic presidential frontrunner—and frame a lone gunman for the job.
According to the explosive dossier, obtained under an order by President Donald Trump, a psychological profile conducted just weeks after the June 5, 1968 killing insisted that accused assassin Sirhan B. Sirhan was highly unlikely to have acted under instructions or been capable of orchestrating the hit on his own. Yet instead of sparking deeper investigation, the report appeared designed to shut down suspicion.
Presidential historian Leon Wagener believes the assessment was crafted to mislead the LAPD and absolve the government of any involvement. He said the CIA needed the case to begin and end with Sirhan, no matter the evidence that didn’t match.
Key evidence doesn’t match Sirhan’s weapon
More than one piece of evidence contradicts the official narrative. RFK was shot behind his right ear and shoulder at close range—yet witnesses place Sirhan standing several feet in front of him. Even more damning are ballistics reports indicating that at least 13 bullets were fired, despite Sirhan’s revolver holding only eight rounds.
The new documents also reveal that the bullets retrieved from Kennedy’s body did not match Sirhan’s Iver-Johnson Cadet 55-A revolver. This detail alone, experts say, should have cast doubt on the lone gunman theory, yet no serious reinvestigation followed.
Additionally, at least 14 witnesses reported seeing a mysterious woman in a polka-dot dress enter the Ambassador Hotel before the assassination. She was seen with two men, one believed to be Sirhan. Moments after the shooting, she reportedly fled the scene screaming, We shot Kennedy.
A premeditated effort to prevent a Kennedy presidency
Wagener alleges the CIA feared Bobby Kennedy would reopen the investigation into the assassination of his brother, President John F. Kennedy, and expose the agency’s possible role in the 1963 Dallas murder.
Kennedy ran on a platform that threatened entrenched government power and the military-industrial complex. He promised to end the Vietnam War, a position that enraged powerful bureaucrats and defense contractors. Internal agency memos released in the file dump suggest RFK was seen as a threat who needed to be stopped at any cost.
One shocking document even shows the CIA had sought to poison Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and collaborated with a mafia figure who controlled Las Vegas ice machines—a detail that deepens concerns about how far the agency was willing to go.
RFK Jr., now serving under Trump’s administration, has long insisted that his father’s murder was not a random act but a calculated hit involving deep-state operatives. He claims the mounting evidence proves Sirhan could not have acted alone.
And now, the buried documents seem to back him up.
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