Conflicting statements from lawmakers and intelligence officials have fueled questions over whether documents tied to JFK assassination records and MKUltra investigations were removed from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
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Questions surrounding classified records tied to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the CIA’s MKUltra program intensified Wednesday after reports surfaced alleging that intelligence officials removed documents from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence led by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
The allegations first gained attention following a report discussed on Fox News, which claimed the Central Intelligence Agency had conducted a “raid” on the DNI’s office and taken possession of records connected to MKUltra and JFK assassination files.
The claim was later publicly disputed by DNI press secretary Olivia Coleman, who posted on X that “This is false – the CIA did not raid the DNI’s office.”
Coleman’s statement directly rejected the characterization of the incident as a raid, though it did not address whether documents had been transferred, seized, or otherwise removed from the office.
The dispute escalated after Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who chairs the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, issued a public statement asserting that records tied to MKUltra and presidential assassination investigations were under congressional review.
In a statement posted on X, Luna said:
“Given the nature of docs in question, we are sending a preservation notice. Docs need to be returned to ODNI given that ODNI was given direction and authority by the President to declass RFK, MLK, & JFK. Regarding MKULTRA, these were documents specifically requested by my Task Force and currently being used for our investigation.”
Given the nature of docs in question, we are sending a preservation notice. Docs need to be returned to ODNI given that ODNI was given direction and authority by the President to declass RFK, MLK, & JFK. Regarding MKULTRA, these were documents specifically requested by my Task… pic.twitter.com/uBnt5RqjDD
— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) May 13, 2026
Luna and Rep. James Comer, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, also sent a preservation letter to CIA Director John Ratcliffe requesting that all related records be maintained.
The letter referenced ongoing congressional investigations into federal secrecy and historical intelligence operations, including the MKUltra program and records connected to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
MKUltra was a CIA program conducted during the Cold War era that involved experiments related to mind control, interrogation, and behavioral modification. The program became public during congressional investigations in the 1970s after years of classified operations.
The dispute over the documents comes amid renewed federal review of decades-old assassination and intelligence records. President Donald Trump previously directed agencies to continue reviewing and declassifying records tied to the JFK, RFK, and MLK assassinations.
The controversy unfolded while Trump was traveling in China for diplomatic meetings with Chinese leadership.
No public evidence has been released confirming that CIA personnel physically removed documents from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and no additional statement from the CIA had been issued at the time of publication beyond the denial from the DNI press office that a “raid” occurred.
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