Trump Announces Release of 80,000 Unredacted JFK Files Today

Synopsis

On March 18, President Donald Trump stated that 80,000 pages of unredacted files regarding the JFK assassination would be released. This long-awaited disclosure marks a significant moment in U.S. history, as the public has sought access to these documents for decades.

Key Takeaways

Trump to release 80,000 JFK files.
No redactions expected in the documents.
JFK assassinated on November 22, 1963.
Lee Harvey Oswald arrested, but conspiracy theories persist.
99% of JFK records available to the public.

Washington, March 18 (NationPress) US President Donald Trump announced that he will unveil 80,000 pages of unredacted documents concerning the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy (JFK) on Tuesday.

"We are set to release the JFK files, and that will be tomorrow," Trump informed journalists at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., where he participated in a board meeting, as reported by Xinhua news agency.

"You have a lot of reading ahead. I don’t think we will redact anything. I said, just don’t. But we will be releasing the JFK files," Trump stated.

"People have been awaiting this for decades," he added.

When questioned if a summary of the 80,000 pages would be provided, Trump answered, "No."

JFK, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, while traveling in a motorcade. Lee Harvey Oswald was apprehended for the murder, yet numerous conspiracy theories regarding the circumstances of Oswald's dramatic death two days post-assassination persist to this day.

In 1992, Congress mandated that all documents associated with the assassinations be accessible to the public within 25 years, by October 26, 2017.

During his first term as president, commencing in January 2017, Trump accepted recommended redactions from executive departments and agencies but ordered ongoing re-evaluation of the remaining redactions.

Joe Biden, who succeeded Trump, issued further certifications regarding these records in 2021, 2022, and 2023, granting agencies more time to assess the documents and withhold information from public release.

Biden's press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, stated on June 30, 2023, that 99 percent of records related to JFK's assassination were available for public access through the National Archives and Records Administration.

On January 23, Trump signed an executive order to declassify any remaining files from the assassinations of former President JFK, his brother Robert F. Kennedy (RFK), and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK).