Brett Favre asks what happened to JFK but doesn't want to read 70,000+ pages. Can you help?
Lici Beveridge- The Trump administration released documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, but most were already available through the National Archives.
- The release prompted discussion online, with some, like former NFL quarterback Brett Favre, wondering what the documents say.
As President Donald J. Trump's administration began releasing what it says are all of the classified documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, some are wondering what they'll find.
Others are not.
Former NFL quarterback and Hall of Famer Brett Favre said Tuesday night on X he's curious, but isn't invested in combing through the documents to find out what is in them.
"I don’t have enough life to go through 70,000 + JFK files," Favre wrote. "Anyone know what really happened?"
The release of the files comes after Trump signed a day one executive order in January aimed at fully releasing government documents related to the assassinations of Kennedy, his brother and presidential candidate Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, D-New York, and civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., USA TODAY reported.
The JFK assassination and related files have long been the subject of speculation, sparking numerous conspiracy theories and casting doubt over whether alleged gunman Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.
It is unclear whether Tuesday's document release will offer any significant new information, since most of the files are already available to the public through the National Archives.
Favre's comment garnered more than 5.5 million views and over 4,500 responses.
Some, like user Paul Galt, tried to answer his questions.
"Yep, LBJ conspired with the CIA to kill JFK because JFK wanted to destroy the CIA and didn’t want to go into Vietnam, among other lesser reasons," Galt wrote. "This is the conclusion multiple foreign spy agencies came to after their own investigations."
Others, like user Doggomom1110, responded with a tongue-in-cheek comment.
"It was Colonel Mustard, in the library, with the candlestick," they wrote.
Favre, who lives in Hattiesburg, had a storied career in the NFL, with most of his 20 seasons as quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. The team made two Super Bowl appearances under Favre's leadership, winning one.
In recent years, Favre has been connected to a multi-million-dollar fraud involving welfare funds meant for Mississippi's poorest residents. Although he hasn't been criminally charged in the case, Favre was accused of receiving money for speeches he never gave and securing a $5 million investment that was used to build a volleyball facility at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Although Favre returned the money for the speeches, Mississippi state auditor Shad White is seeking interest payments for the money he received. Favre also is named in a civil lawsuit filed against several of the alleged and convicted conspirators that seeks to recoup some of the misappropriated government funds.
Favre also was an investor in Prevacus, a medical company in Florida that touted an alleged miraculous concussion drug. The company's founder Jacob VanLandingham pleaded guilty in 2024 to taking more than $1.7 million in welfare funds to help develop the drug.
Read the JFK files
Looking to read the JFK files yourself? You can find them on the National Archives' website, archives.gov/research/jfk/available-online.
USA TODAY reporter Josh Meyer and Clarion Ledger reporter Bonnie Bolden contributed to this story.
Lici Beveridge is a reporter for the Hattiesburg American and Clarion Ledger. Contact her at lbeveridge@gannett.com. Follow her on X  @licibev or Facebook at facebook.com/licibeveridge.