John Tunheim
Judge
John Tunheim is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. He joined the court on July 10, 1995, after being nominated by President Bill Clinton (D). He served as chief judge of the court from July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2022. He assumed senior status on December 1, 2023.
John Tunheim served as chair of the Assassination Records Review Board in the 1990s, with authority to decide what JFK assassination records were released. He says the latest JFK assassination files won’t be expected to prove a conspiracy, and that he still believes Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.
July 23, 2026
The Man Who Read the Classified JFK Files Speaks Out
Judge John Tunheim spent years leading the federal review board tasked with declassifying records tied to JFK's assassination. In this episode, he pulls back the curtain on what he actually saw — from Oswald's KGB files to disputed autopsy evidence, mob ties to Jack Ruby, and the deep culture of secrecy inside the CIA and FBI. Tunheim breaks down how the review process worked, what conspiracy theories hold up under scrutiny, and why full transparency on one of the most consequential events in Am...
Guest: John Tunheim