{"id":829696,"date":"2025-02-25T12:12:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T18:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/fbi-says-it-has-discovered-thousands-of-new-files-on-jfk-assassination\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T12:12:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T18:12:54","slug":"fbi-says-it-has-discovered-thousands-of-new-files-on-jfk-assassination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/fbi-says-it-has-discovered-thousands-of-new-files-on-jfk-assassination\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI says it has discovered thousands of new files on JFK assassination"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Law enforcement agency says about 2,400 newly discovered records are being transferred to archives for declassification.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The FBI has announced the discovery of thousands of records related to the assassination of John F Kennedy following searches undertaken to comply with an executive order by United States President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

The FBI said on Tuesday that searches had turned up about 2,400 \u201cnewly inventoried and digitized records that were previously unrecognized as related to the JFK assassination case file\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FBI has made the appropriate notifications of the newly discovered documents and is working to transfer them to the National Archives and Records Administration for inclusion in the ongoing declassification process,\u201d the bureau said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The FBI\u2019s announcement comes after Trump last month ordered the declassification and release of all remaining files related to JFK\u2019s assassination, along with outstanding records on the assassinations of Robert F Kennedy, JFK\u2019s younger brother, and the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a big one. A lot of people have been waiting for this for years, for decades,\u201d Trump said at the time. \u201cAnd everything will be revealed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The circumstances of JFK\u2019s assassination in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, have fuelled conspiracy theories for decades, with surveys showing widespread doubt about official explanations of the killing.<\/p>\n

In a 2023 Gallup poll, 65 percent of Americans said they did not believe the Warren Commission\u2019s conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing the president.<\/p>\n

Robert F Kennedy Jr, Trump\u2019s nominee for health secretary and the son of Robert F Kennedy, claimed in a 2023 interview that there was \u201coverwhelming\u201d and \u201cvery convincing\u201d evidence of CIA involvement in his uncle\u2019s killing.<\/p>\n

During his first administration, Trump promised to release all remaining records on the assassination but ultimately only sanctioned the release of about 2,800 documents after bowing to pressure from the CIA and FBI to withhold thousands of files pending review.<\/p>\n

The administration of former US President Joe Biden released approximately 17,000 more documents, leaving fewer than 4,700 records withheld in part or in full.<\/p>\n

According to the National Archives, authorities have released more than 99 percent of the approximately 320,000 documents that have been reviewed under the JFK Records Act, a 1992 law that mandates the disclosure of remaining files.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Camellia Howe
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