The Trump administration on Tuesday released thousands of pages of files related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, fulfilling a longstanding promise to make the records public.
According to Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, the newly released documents, which were previously classified, are now available without redactions. The files include investigative records, correspondence, photos, recordings, and reports compiled by the Warren Commission, the government body that officially investigated Kennedy’s murder.
President Donald Trump announced the release on Monday, telling reporters that his administration was following through on his commitment to declassify all JFK assassination-related records.
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“People have been waiting for decades for this,” Trump said. “We are making sure the American people have full access to history.”
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) confirmed that all records previously withheld for classification have now been made public.
The roughly 80,000 pages of documents contain a mix of materials related to the Warren Commission’s investigation, including:
- Administrative records and internal memos from the Warren Commission.
- Information shared with federal agencies during the investigation.
- Photographs, audio recordings, and transcripts of commission hearings.
Many of these documents are now available online through the National Archives Catalog, while additional materials can be reviewed in person at NARA’s College Park, Maryland facility.
The release follows the FBI’s discovery last month of a new tranche of JFK-related records that had not been previously disclosed. The existence of these undisclosed records renewed speculation that key information about Kennedy’s assassination and possible conspiracies had been withheld from the public for decades.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nephew of John F. Kennedy, has long called for full disclosure of the assassination records, believing his uncle’s death was part of a broader conspiracy involving his family.
RFK Jr. has expressed skepticism over the official Warren Commission report, which concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in Kennedy’s assassination. He has previously argued that government agencies have not been fully transparent in their handling of JFK-related files.
The latest document release comes after Trump signed an executive order in January directing the declassification of all remaining JFK assassination records. The administration has partnered with multiple federal agencies to accelerate the digitization of files and ensure they are available to the public.
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The JFK Assassination Records Collection is one of the largest government document repositories of its kind, and new records will continue to be added to the National Archives website as they are digitized.
With the unprecedented release of JFK assassination documents, historians, researchers, and the public now have new insights into one of the most scrutinized events in American history.
However, the question remains—will these files put conspiracy theories to rest, or will they fuel further debate about what really happened on November 22, 1963?
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