Fact-check: “Lee Harvey Oswald killed John F. Kennedy.”
Verdict: Mostly True (78% confidence)
Both the Warren Commission (1964) and the House Select Committee on Assassinations (1979) concluded that Oswald fired the shots that killed Kennedy, supported by ballistic, physical, and eyewitness evidence. The HSCA added that a conspiracy was probable and that acoustic evidence suggested a second gunman — though the National Research Council (1982) found that acoustic evidence scientifically unreliable. The core finding that Oswald shot Kennedy is supported by every official investigation, bu…
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