by Admin
Feb 12, 2025
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has announced the discovery of thousands of previously unrecognized records connected to the assassination of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy. The findings resulted from searches conducted in response to an executive order issued by President Donald Trump.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the FBI confirmed that it had identified approximately 2,400 “newly inventoried and digitized records that were previously unrecognized as related to the JFK assassination case file.”
“The FBI has made the appropriate notifications regarding the newly discovered documents and is working to transfer them to the National Archives and Records Administration for inclusion in the ongoing declassification process,” the bureau stated.
The revelation follows President Trump’s directive last month to declassify and release all remaining files related to Kennedy’s assassination, as well as outstanding records concerning the assassinations of his younger brother, Robert F. Kennedy, and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
“This is a big one. A lot of people have been waiting for this for years, for decades,” President Trump said at the time. “And everything will be revealed.”
JFK’s assassination in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, has long been the subject of intense speculation and conspiracy theories. Public skepticism remains high, with a 2023 Gallup poll revealing that 65 percent of Americans doubt the Warren Commission’s conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the killing.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for health secretary and the son of Robert F. Kennedy has also expressed doubts about the official account. In a 2023 interview, he claimed there was “overwhelming” and “very convincing” evidence suggesting CIA involvement in his uncle’s assassination.
During his first term, President Trump had initially pledged to release all remaining classified records on the JFK assassination. However, he ultimately approved the release of only about 2,800 documents after yielding to requests from the CIA and FBI to delay the disclosure of thousands of additional files pending further review.
Under former President Joe Biden’s administration, approximately 17,000 more documents were made public, reducing the number of withheld records to fewer than 4,700.
According to the National Archives, authorities have now released over 99 percent of the nearly 320,000 documents reviewed under the JFK Records Act, a 1992 law mandating the disclosure of assassination-related records.