A new batch of roughly 80,000 unedited files on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (JFK) is scheduled to be released Tuesday after President Donald Trump made the much-anticipated announcement a day ago.
“So people have been waiting for this for decades, and I have directed my people to my people… Many different people (Director of National Intelligence) Tulsi Gabbard, they have to be released tomorrow,” Trump said.
“You've done a lot of readings. I don't think we're going to edit anything. I said, 'Just not edit, I can't edit it.' ”
Trump announced on Tuesday that he would release 80,000 JFK assassination files, “very interesting.”
In January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to declassify files relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights icon Martin Luther King. (Pool)
Trump also commented that the file was “very interesting.”
In January, Trump signed an executive order to declassify files relating to JFK's assassination, his brother Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) and civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK). The order required the Director-General of National Intelligence (DNI) and the Attorney General to submit a proposal plan for the JFK file by February 7th.
Both offices had to coordinate with the National Security Agency's president's assistant and the president's lawyer to submit the proposed plan until the end of the day.
DNI and other officials were expected to submit proposed release plans for RFK and MLK files on March 9th.
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The release of the JFK file comes just a few weeks after the Justice Department revealed a batch of Jeffrey Epstein files in late February. Many of the documents released later had already been announced in the federal criminal trial of Gislaine Maxwell, a convicted accomplice who was convicted of Epstein's ex-girlfriend.
The lack of new material has prompted protests and criticism of the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files, and questions about what the RFK and MLK documents can hold when released.
A new batch of roughly 80,000 unedited files on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is scheduled to be released Tuesday after President Donald Trump made the much-anticipated announcement a day ago. (AP News)
The FBI previously said in a statement in February that it had conducted a new record search in light of Trump's executive order, saying at the time, “the search led to around 2,400 newly invented, digitized records that were previously not recognized as related to the JFK assassination case file.”
FBI reveals thousands of private records related to JFK's assassination
The promise of the release of the JFK Files has been repeated in the past few administrations, with Trump pledging a campaign trail that would declassify documents as he enters his second term.
“When I return to the White House, I will declassify and seal all JFK assassination-related documents. It's been 60 years since Americans learned the truth,” he said at the time.
Former President Joe Biden also released a batch of documents during his term. In 2021, he postponed planned releases of several JFK documents, citing delays in the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Trump had also promised to release the final batch of documents during his first term, but such efforts eventually dissipated. Trump blocked the release of hundreds of records on the assassination, following several CIA and FBI appeals.
Former President Joe Biden also released a batch of documents during his term. In 2021, he postponed planned releases of several JFK documents, citing delays in the coronavirus pandemic.
