The FBI under President Donald Trump discovered thousands of unsubmitted records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Two thousand four hundred records tied to the assassination of the former president were uncovered by officials after Trump ordered that all documents be released.
The records were meant to be transferred to the JFK Assassination Records Review Board and the National Archives in compliance with the 1992 JFK Records Act but remained hidden. The classified records are among 14,000 pages of documents uncovered during the FBI review ordered by Trump.
“This is huge. It shows the FBI is taking this seriously,” said Jefferson Morley, an expert on the assassination. “The FBI is finally saying, ‘Let’s respond to the president’s order,’ instead of keeping the secrecy going.”
However, various U.S. intelligence agencies requested that some redactions be made to protect sources and methods. White House staffers said Trump would “hit the roof” if there were any attempts to prevent the disclosure of the records.
After more JFK files were made public in 2022, the National Archives and Records Administration stated that 97% of the 5 million pages were available to the public. However, around 3,000 documents remained classified, and an additional 30,000 had redactions.
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