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James D. Robenalt

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What the New JFK Files Reveal About the CIA’s Secrets

A presidential lawyer and historian combed through the latest document dump so you don’t have to. Here’s what he found.

by James D. Robenalt via The Hive on March 21, 2025
60 Years Later, a Secret Service Agent Grapples with JFK Assassination

Paul Landis, 88, is one of the few survivors who had a firsthand view of Kennedy’s assassination 60 years ago Wednesday. He is only now telling his whole story.

by James D. Robenalt via Retropolis on November 21, 2023
A New JFK Assassination Revelation Could Upend the Long-Held “Lone Gunman” Theory

Former Secret Service agent Paul Landis, largely silent for 60 years, says he found a bullet in Kennedy’s limo. Here's why that’s so significant, if true.

by James D. Robenalt via Vanity Fair on September 9, 2023
A Century Before Trump’s Term, a President Paid a Mistress to Stay Silent

President Warren G. Harding paid not one, but two women to remain quiet about their affairs with him.

by James D. Robenalt via Retropolis on April 2, 2023
The Unknown Supreme Court Clerk Who Single-Handedly Created the Roe v. Wade Viability Standard

All roads lead to Larry Hammond, Justice Lewis Powell’s law clerk at the time.

by James D. Robenalt via Retropolis on November 29, 2021
The Republican President who Called for Racial Justice in America After Tulsa Massacre

Warren G. Harding’s comments about race and equality were remarkable for 1921.

by James D. Robenalt via Retropolis on June 21, 2020

James D. Robenalt

Bylines

What the New JFK Files Reveal About the CIA’s Secrets

60 Years Later, a Secret Service Agent Grapples with JFK Assassination

A New JFK Assassination Revelation Could Upend the Long-Held “Lone Gunman” Theory

A Century Before Trump’s Term, a President Paid a Mistress to Stay Silent

The Unknown Supreme Court Clerk Who Single-Handedly Created the Roe v. Wade Viability Standard

The Republican President who Called for Racial Justice in America After Tulsa Massacre