Fox News: FBI uncovers thousands of undisclosed records connected to JFK's assassination

[riky]

FBI uncovers thousands of undisclosed records connected to JFK's assassination

The FBI uncovered thousands of files connected to the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy, which were previously undisclosed.

                   
                       

The You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login has uncovered thousands of records connected to the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy as a result of President Donald Trump's executive order to release the files.

Axios first reported that the FBI released 2,400 records tied to the Nov. 22, 1963, assassination of Kennedy, which were not provided to the board that reviewed and disclosed the files.

When the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) submitted its plan to release the JFK files, it reportedly disclosed the existence of the records.

Fox News has confirmed with a person familiar with the records that the files were uncovered during the review.

You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

"In 2020, the FBI opened the Central Records Complex and began a multi-year effort to first ship and then electronically inventory and store closed case files from FBI field offices across the country," the FBI told Fox News. "The resulting, more comprehensive records inventory, coupled with the technologic advances in automating the FBI's record keeping processes, allows us to more quickly search and locate records.

"The FBI conducted a new records search pursuant to President Trump's Executive Order issued on January 23, 2025, regarding the declassification of the assassination files of JFK, RFK, and MLK. The search resulted in approximately 2400 newly inventoried and digitized records that were previously unrecognized as related to the JFK assassination case file," the agency added. "The 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."

Last month, Trump signed an executive order to declassify files on the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Loginy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr. 

You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

"Everything will be revealed," Trump told reporters as he signed the order in the Oval Office.

The executive order came after You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login on the campaign trail to declassify the documents upon entering his second term, saying at the time, "When I return to the White House, I will declassify and unseal all JFK assassination-related documents. It's been 60 years, time for the American people to know the truth."

Trump had initially promised to release the last batch of documents during his first term, but such efforts ultimately dissipated. Trump then blocked the release of hundreds of records on the assassination following several CIA and FBI appeals.

"I have no choice," Trump said in a memo, where he cited "potentially irreversible harm" to national security if he allowed the records to be released. Trump said at the time the potential harm to U.S. national security, law enforcement or foreign affairs is "of such gravity that it outweighs the public interest in immediate disclosure."

Fox News Digital's Haley Chi-Sing contributed to this report.

Source: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login