The National Archives published thousands of pages of declassified records related to the murder of President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
The records were published on the National Archives website, joining the recently published records published in 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2017-2018.
“This launch consists of approximately 80,000 pages of previously classified records that will be published without writings,” said the announcement of the National Intelligence Director’s office. “Additional documents retained under the seal of the Court or for the secret of the Grand Jury, and the records subject to section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code must be revealed before liberation.”
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on January 23 directing the release of all the remaining records related to the murder, saying that it was of “public interest” to do so.
On Monday, Trump announced to journalists that the Administration would begin publishing the records on Tuesday, which caused a fight within the Department of Justice to free lawyers to help with the declassification process.
President John F Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, the governor of Texas, John Connally, and others smile at the crowds that cover their caravan route in Dallas, Texas, November 22, 1963.
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The Congress voted in 1992 to demand the Government to release and declassify all records related to murder and subsequent investigations for 2017, but Trump and President Joe Biden repeatedly delayed that deadline due to national security concerns.
The launch of Tuesday represents an outstanding small section of the more than six million pages of records collected by the national archives, most of which have already been declassified and are available online or person for review, according to the agency.
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