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President Donald Trump announced Monday that 80,000 pages of unredacted government documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy will be released Tuesday, fulfilling a promise he made during his 2024 campaign.
“People have been waiting for decades for this,” Trump said while visiting the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.“I’ve instructed my people … lots of different people, [Director of National Intelligence] Tulsi Gabbard, that they must be released tomorrow.”
Trump emphasized that no redactions will be made, stating, “I said, ‘just don’t redact, you can’t redact.’”
What’s in the Files?
While Trump did not provide details on the content of the documents, he acknowledged that he had “heard about them” but had not personally reviewed them.
“I’m not doing summaries. You’ll write your own summary,” he told reporters.
A Promise Kept
During his 2024 campaign, Trump vowed to declassify all remaining JFK assassination records. His decision follows years of speculation and conspiracy theories, including allegations of:
- CIA involvement in Kennedy’s murder
- A second shooter in addition to Lee Harvey Oswald
- Government cover-ups spanning decades
Executive Order Covers RFK & MLK Assassinations
In January 2025, Trump signed an executive order directing the release of all federal documents related to the assassinations of:
✅ President John F. Kennedy (1963)
✅ Former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (1968)
✅ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1968)
The order required the Director of National Intelligence and Attorney General to submit a full declassification planwithin 15 days.
Past Delays in JFK File Releases
Congress passed a law in 1992 mandating that all JFK assassination records be declassified by October 2017, unless their release posed a risk to national security. However, both Trump (2017) and Biden (2021, 2022) delayed full disclosure, citing intelligence concerns.
The last major release was in 2022, when the National Archives declassified nearly 13,000 files.
Why It Matters
The assassination of JFK in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, remains one of the most debated events in American history. Despite the official conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, polls show that a majority of Americans believe there was a broader conspiracy.
Trump’s decision to release all remaining documents—without redactions—could provide new insights into one of the nation’s greatest mysteries.
