New details about Lee Harvey Oswald’s connections to the Soviet Union were revealed in a tranche of declassified documents released by the Trump administration concerning the 1963 assassination of former President John F. Kennedy.
About 2,200 files – consisting of approximately 63,000 pages – were posted in two batches by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration on Tuesday evening. It came after President Donald Trump teased the release on Monday while visiting the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and asserted that the government would not redact “anything” – stating about 80,000 pages would be made public.
A 1991 CIA memo revealed that Oswald, JFK’s assassin, was watched “closely and constantly” by the KGB after defecting to the Soviet Union in 1959. Despite determining Oswald was not a member of the now-defunct Soviet secret police, one agent noted that he was a “poor shot.”
Eager historians and researchers trawled through the trove of files – many of which blurry and poorly organized – seeking any sign of new or shocking. However, many of the records had already in the public domain.
Key Points
- Trump releases 63,000 pages of JFK assassination files
- Lee Harvey Oswald was a 'poor shot,' KGB agent says
- Files shine a light on John F. Kennedy assassin's connection to Soviet Union
- Trump praised for ushering in 'new era of maximum transparency'
- Timeline: All the JFK documents released since 1992
JFK files kept secret to protect details about CIA intelligence-gathering, expert says
17:17 , James LiddellTim Naftali, a Nixon historian and research scholar at Columbia University, told The New York Times that it wasn’t damaging information in the JFK assassination files that meant they had been kept secret for decades.
It was, according to Naftali, to protect classified details about CIA intelligence-gathering – including their methods and sources.
Naftali said he found details in the newly released documents that had previously been omitted.
It includes details about the U.S. intercepting communications in Egypt, an ally.
Internet sleuths blast JFK files as some label it a ‘distraction’
16:50 , Rhian LubinAs the Trump administration pushes out controversial policy changes, thousands of declassified files concerning the 1963 assassination of former President John F. Kennedy have been released.
While historians, journalists and amateur sleuths pour over the files looking for a scrap of anything new, many have speculated that their release is a “distraction” tactic by the administration.
The 2,200 files containing approximately 63,000 pages were posted by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Tuesday evening after President Donald Trump ordered their release.
Trump boasted of the reams of paper that would be there for all to read; the internet largely reacted with anger.
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People think Trump’s release of the JFK files is a ‘distraction’
JFK’s grandson takes aim at Trump and RFK Jr
16:25 , James LiddellJack Schlossberg, the grandson of John F. Kennedy, said that second-cousin Robert F Kennedy Jr and Donald Trump only care about the assassinated former president’s “carcass”.
Schlossberg, 32, took to X on Wednesday to draw a stark comparison between his grandfather and the incumbent president.
“President Trump is obsessed with my grandfather — but not in his life or what he achieved in it. No, just like @robertfkennedyjr @realdonaldtrump is only interested in JFK’s carcass,” he wrote at the beginning of his thread.
He later wrote: “JFK fought fascism and Communism. Trump is selling us out to tech warlords, at home and abroad. JFK stood behind unions and labor, demanding healthcare, higher pay. Trump is stripping working families from lifesaving care, financial support.”
President Trump is obsessed with my grandfather — but not in his life or what he achieved in it. No, just like @robertfkennedyjr @realdonaldtrump is only interested in JFK’s carcass.
— Jack Schlossberg (@JBKSchlossberg) March 19, 2025
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Blurry, unorganized documents pose problems
15:54 , James LiddellMany of the documents released on Tuesday were hand-written, or blurred scans making them difficult to read.
Some were typed more than half a century ago and others had portions of scratched-out information.
The documents were largely not categorized in an organized way – potentially extending the time to analyze the files by days.
In full: Trump releases massive number of new documents on JFK assassination
14:55 , Graig GraziosiPresident Donald Trump’s administration has released what are believed to be all the U.S. government's remaining classified files on the assassination of President John F Kennedy in 1963.
For the first time, thousands of previously unseen pages of government documents are now available regarding the former president's violent, untimely death in Dallas' Dealey Plaza. The document dump also includes details relating to the assassinations of Senator Robert F Kennedy and civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
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Trump releases massive number of new documents on JFK assassination
'Two-thirds of promised JFK files not released,' expert says
14:25 , James LiddellTwo-thirds of the promised filed concerning the John F. Kennedy’s assassination have not been released, an expert on the incident claims.
On Monday, President Donald Trump promised the government would not redact “anything.” The National Archives wrote on its website that “all records previously withheld for classification” would be released.
Jefferson Morley, vice president of the Mary Ferrell Foundation, a nonprofit that operates a database of government records on the event, contested on Tuesday evening that only “two thirds” of the promised documents had been made public.
The ex-Washington Post reporter added that the release also didn’t include any of the recently discovered FBI files – after the bureau said it had discovered 2,400 new records related to the assassination last month – nor any of the 500-plus Internal Revenue Service records.
“Nonetheless, this is most positive news on the declassification of JFK files since the 1990s,” he added in his statement.
JFK files reveal U.S.’s activity in Cuba to thwart Fidel Castro
15:24 , James LiddellAn unredacted CIA memo from June 1961, which was sent to JFK by aide Arthur Schlesinger Jr, contained harsh criticism of the agency months after its backing of Cuban exiles in the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro’s government.
Another document dated January 1962 reveals details of “Operation Mongoose,” a top-secret CIA-led campaign authorized by JFK following the Bay of Pigs to again destabilize and thwart Castro’s Communist government.
Man claimed he told authorities about Oswald's murder plot months before JFK assassination
13:56 , James LiddellIn a letter penned to the British Embassy in 1978, Sergyj Czornonoh said that he warned authorities of Lee Harvey Oswald's plan to assassinate John F. Kennedy months before the president was killed.
Czornonoh, who claimed he was detained in London on July 18, 1963, said he told authorities – and warned U.S. Vice Consul Tom Blackshear – of Oswald’s assassination plot.
The man claimed he was provided the details by “Mr. Wasilev,” who was working at the Soviet Embassy in Bulgaria.
Czornonoh allegedly warned State Department officials on August 19, 1963, that Oswald possessed a weapon.
'Federal secrets' task force head celebrates end to 'six decades of deception'
13:25 , James LiddellToday, after six decades of deception and secrecy surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy, the Trump administration is lifting the veil and giving the American people the truth.
— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) March 19, 2025
I applaud President Trump for following through on his promise of transparency to the…
CIA agent Gary Underhill blames ‘small clique’ for JFK’s assassination
13:00 , James LiddellDespite being mentioned previously in books, one CIA memo from July 1967 released on Tuesday cited an article from the magazine Ramparts about John Garrett Underhill Jr – believed to be CIA operative, Gary Underhill.
It states the day after JFK was gunned down, Underhill quickly left Washington, DC before he arrived at a friend’s house in New Jersey.
“He was very agitated. A small clique within the CIA was responsible for the assassination, he confided, and he was afraid for his life and probably would have to leave the country,” the memo read.
Underhill told his friends that JFK “got wind” of the attempt on his life but was “killed before he could ‘blow the whistle on it.’”
On May 8, 1964, Underhill was found dead in his Washington apartment, which the coroner ruled as suicide.
According to the memo, Underhill’s friends said before his death that he was “sober but badly shook” by the president’s assassination.
Oswald's phone calls and consulate visits just weeks before JFK assassination
12:39 , James LiddellAnother CIA memo describes Lee Harvey Oswald phoning the Soviet Embassy asking for a visa while in Mexico City in late September and early October 1963.
Oswald also visited the Cuban Consulate in Mexico City seeking a travel visa so he could wait there for a Soviet visa, per the memo.
More than a month before John F Kennedy’s assassination on October 3, 1963, Oswald drove back to the U.S. through a crossing point at the Texas border.
Inside Oswald's 'stormy relationship' with wife
12:10 , James LiddellPer the 1991 CIA memo, released on Tuesday, Nikonov also commented that Lee Harvey Oswald had “a stormy relationship with his Soviet wife, who rode him incessantly.”
The President's Commission of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy in September 1964 also commented on the couple’s tumultuous relationship.
However, it reported: “The commission does not believe that the relations between Oswald and his wife caused him to assassinate the President.”
According to an archived New York Times article from the time, it said the commission concluded that the instability “was probably a function of the personalities of both people.”
Was Oswald a KGB agent? The CIA doesn’t think so
11:40 , James LiddellA 1991 CIA memo cites a former KGB agent named Nikonov, who was tasked to determine whether Lee Harvey Oswald was a member of the Soviet Union’s secret police.
After trawling through five thick files on the assassin, Nikonov cast doubt that Oswald was a KGB recruit.
Nikonov said he “doubted that anyone could control Oswald” but noted that the KGB “watched him closely and constantly while he was in the USSR.”
Oswald defected to the Soviet Union in 1959 and lived in Minsk before returning to the U.S. with a wife and baby in 1962.
Lee Harvey Oswald was a 'poor shot,' KGB agent says
11:16 , James LiddellOne of the files included a memo from the CIA’s St Petersburg station dated November 20, 1991, which said the KGB, the former security agency for the Soviet Union, watched JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald closely.
The report cites a KGB official named Nikonov who had reviewed five thick files about Oswald to determine was part of the now-defunct Soviet secret police. Nikonov determined he was not.
He did, however, comment on Oswald’s marksmanship and said he was a “poor shot when he tried target firing in the USSR.”
Director of National Intelligence praises Trump for ushering in 'new era of maximum transparency'
11:05 , James LiddellPresident Trump is ushering in a new era of maximum transparency. Today, per his direction, previously redacted JFK Assassination Files are being released to the public with no redactions. Promises made, promises kept. https://t.co/UnG1vkgxjX pic.twitter.com/XBbkQfz4Bx
— DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) March 18, 2025
How many files on the JFK assassination released?
10:55 , James LiddellAbout 2,200 files – consisting of approximately 63,000 pages – were posted by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration on Tuesday evening.
It came after President Donald Trump teased the release on Monday while visiting the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and asserted that the government would not redact “anything.”
Though Trump previously stated about 80,000 pages would be made public.
Historians and JFK researchers pore over new assassination documents
07:55 , Ariana BaioResearchers, both professional and amateur, will need time to pore over the recently released JFK assassination documents, but as it stands, it’s doubtful that anything truly revelatory will be found in Tuesday’s trove.
News outlets spoke to numerous authors and historians who all agreed they’d encountered little new information and noted that many of the documents had been released during previous disclosures.
On social media things weren’t much different; every time someone thought they’d found something interesting, someone else pointed out the information had been released years — sometimes decades — prior.
It’s not a surprising development; in 2023, the National Archives estimated that 99 percent of the government’s documents related to JFK’s assassination had been made public at that time.
Political scientist and Kennedy expert says no smoking gun likely to be found in Trump document dump
03:14 , Graig GraziosiLarry Sabato, a political scientist at the University of Virginia and the author of “The Kennedy Half-Century: The Presidency, Assassination, and Lasting Legacy of John F. Kennedy,” told CNN that he believed people looking for a smoking gun that solves the Kennedy assassination in Donald Trump’s document release are going to be let down.
“I’m just telling you that we will learn things,” Sabato told the broadcaster. “But it may not be about the Kennedy assassination and people who are expecting, you know, to crack the case after 61 years, are going to be bitterly disappointed.”
Many of the documents released on Tuesday had already been made public. In 2023, the National Archives estimated that 99 percent of the government’s documents related to JFK’s assassination had been made public at that point.
Director of National Intelligence lauds Trump JFK document release
02:25 , Graig GraziosiDirector of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard heaped praise onto her boss, Donald Trump, following Tuesday’s JFK document dump.
She noted that Trump had kept his promise to release the documents — which he did — though it’s still unclear if there is anything significant in the documents that hadn’t already been revealed in previous records releases.
See Gabbard’s statement below:
President Trump is ushering in a new era of maximum transparency. Today, per his direction, previously redacted JFK Assassination Files are being released to the public with no redactions. Promises made, promises kept. https://t.co/UnG1vkgxjX pic.twitter.com/XBbkQfz4Bx
— DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) March 18, 2025
Unclear if Trump has changed his mind on JFK assassination explanation following document drop
01:47 , Graig GraziosiBack in 2021, Donald Trump tossed around the idea of releasing the remaining JFK assassination files. During an interview with the New York Times at the time, Trump seemed fine accepting the general consensus that JFK was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald.
“The reason I did that was because I thought it was appropriate,” Trump told the paper at the time, referencing his desire to release the documents. “When you have something that’s so sacredly secret, it really makes it sound very bad. I think they maybe got it right, probably got it right. Let people examine it.”
Trump has not given any indication that the contents of the records released on Tuesday have shifted his perspective.
Historian calls Trump's JFK document dump "impenetrable"
00:52 , Graig GraziosiDavid J Garrow, a historian with an expertise in US intelligence agencies, told The New York Times that the trove of documents related to JFK that were released on Tuesday were “profoundly more impenetrable” than previous mass document releases.
This is, in part, because thousands of documents lack any kind of annotation; its unclear which agencies produced them and many lack identifying information like file numbers.
Trump releases huge number of unseen documents on JFK assassination
00:16 , Graeme Massie
Trump releases huge number of unseen documents on JFK assassination
How will I learn about newly released records?
Tuesday 18 March 2025 22:30 , Mike BediganDespite the president’s promise earlier today, further information about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy have not yet been released.
However, newly released records will be accessible on the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection web page.
You can check back for updates here: https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk
In the JFK files, there’ll be no smoking gun – only bombshells
Tuesday 18 March 2025 22:01 , Mike BediganAs America braces itself for thousands of declassified CIA documents, former intelligence officer John Kiriakou explains why there isn’t much light left to shed on the presidential assassination – but we should expect intriguing detail about the ‘second gunman’ theory in the killing of his brother, Robert.
Read more here:
In the JFK files, there’ll be no smoking gun – only bombshells
Why aren’t all of the JFK assassination records online?
Tuesday 18 March 2025 21:30 , Mike BediganIf you’re wondering why not all of the the JFK Assassination records are not yet available online – it’s a question of priority.
The records collection consists of millions of pages, photographs, electronic items, and artifacts, most of which are available for public access at the National Archives at College Park, in Maryland.
The National Archives is currently prioritizing the digitization of these records to make them more widely accessible online,” according to the institution.
Since January 2024, over 700,000 pages have been digitized and made available through the National Archives Catalog.
Where can the public see the JFK files when they are released?
Tuesday 18 March 2025 21:00 , Ariana BaioOnce the files are declassified and the White House gives the National Archives the OK to release them, they can be viewed on this webpage.
Most of the files related to Kennedy’s assassination are already public. They are accessible on the National Archives website.
What have the released Kennedy files said so far?
Tuesday 18 March 2025 20:30 , Ariana BaioMost of the government’s records on the inquiry into Kennedy’s assassination have been released to the public and the information supports the conclusion that 24-year-old Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating Kennedy.
The documents released over the years have provided more details about Oswald and pointed to his possible motivations in carrying out the shooting. However, the information has never supported a conspiracy theory – though that has not stopped people from suggesting alternative scenarios.
Inside the committee that will look at the nation’s biggest secrets
Tuesday 18 March 2025 20:00 , Ariana BaioA Republican-led task force in the House intends to investigate and release formerly classified information related to several major events that have spurred conspiracy theories that have lingered across the U.S. such as the assassination of former president John F. Kennedy Jr., the September 11 terrorist attacks and the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein.
Some records may be ‘embarrassing’ for CIA, expert said
Tuesday 18 March 2025 19:30 , Ariana BaioWhile the unreleased Kennedy assassination records may fuel conspiracy theories of a government coverup or something even more sinister, one expert believes that information in the withheld documents could be “embarrassing” to the CIA who “dropped the ball” on preventing the former president from being assassinated.
Steve Gillon, a senior faculty fellow at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs, told UVA Today in 2023 that he believes the remaining classified documents will show that the CIA failed to prevent Lee Harvey Oswald from assassinating Kennedy.
“I think that they had warnings that Oswald had threatened to assassinate the president; perhaps even possessed recordings of Oswald making these threats in front of KGB agents when he was in Mexico City,” Gillon said at the time.
“But that information was never effectively relayed back to the FBI, so they’re very casual in their efforts to contact Oswald when he returned to Dallas. I think there was a breakdown in the communication between the CIA and the FBI, and as a result Oswald slipped through the fingers of American intelligence.”
Gillon hypothesized that some materials may remain classified because they contain information about the methods the U.S. used to obtain intelligence – which may be methods they still use today.
Voices: In the JFK files, there’ll be no smoking gun – only bombshells
Tuesday 18 March 2025 19:00 , John KiriakouAs America braces itself for thousands of declassified CIA documents, former intelligence officer John Kiriakou explains why there isn’t much light left to shed on the presidential assassination – but we should expect intriguing detail about the ‘second gunman’ theory in the killing of his brother, Robert.
In the JFK files, there’ll be no smoking gun – only bombshells
Where do the 'JFK files' come from?
Tuesday 18 March 2025 18:30 , Ariana BaioCongress passed a law requiring documents containing information about John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1992 – in part due to the rise of conspiracy theories that alleged government agents and officials were involved in the assassination.
Hoping to increase government transparency, Congress passed the Kennedy Assassination Act which required assassination records to be publicly disclosed in full no later than 25 years after it was enacted (October 26, 2017).
Those records included any government records related to the federal investigation into the 1963 assassination of Kennedy, including interview transcripts, allegations, articles, letters and more.
However, Congress included an exemption that allowed the sitting president at the time, Donald Trump, to postpone the release of others if it contained information that was harmful to national security.
Though tens of thousands of documents were released under Trump’s first administration, as well as Biden’s administration, a small portion of records have been withheld seemingly for national security reasons.
However, Trump said on Monday he directed his administration to release all the records without redactions.
ICYMI: FBI admits it found 2,400 new pages of documents to release about JFK assassination
Tuesday 18 March 2025 18:00 , Rhian LubinThe FBI said it found 2,400 new pages of documents about the assassination of John F. Kennedy following President Donald Trump’s decision to release the highly classified files.
In a statement in February, the FBI said due to “technologic advances” in the bureau’s record-keeping processes, a new search carried out in January this year following Trump’s executive order unearthed new records relating to Kennedy’s assassination.
“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 bureau said. “The search resulted in approximately 2400 newly inventoried and digitized records that were previously unrecognized as related to the JFK assassination case file.”
The bureau did not specify what the records contain but said it was working to transfer the documents to the National Archives and Records Administration to be included in the declassification process.
Watch: President Trump announces he will release 80,000 undetected files from the Kennedy assassination
Tuesday 18 March 2025 17:30 , Ariana BaioMeet Anna Paulina Luna, the GOP lawmaker tasked with revisiting JFK files and Epstein’s list
Tuesday 18 March 2025 17:00 , Alex WoodwardFlorida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, a member of the far-right House Freedom Caucus who was elected to the House in 2022, has repeatedly pushed for “transparency” in the federal government — specifically, to dive into conspiracy theories surrounding unidentified flying objects, the origins of COVID-19, and the September 11 attacks, all of which will be at the center of her task force.
“The federal government has been hiding information from Americans for decades,” she said in a statement on February 11.
Alex Woodward reports:
Meet Anna Paulina Luna, the GOP lawmaker revisiting JFK files and Epstein’s list
White House deputy press secretary says Americans will be ‘shocked’ at JFK files
Tuesday 18 March 2025 16:30 , Ariana BaioWhite House Deputy Press Secretary Harrison Fields told NewsNation on Tuesday that Americans “are truly going to be shocked” and what they see from the JFK assassination files release.
Fields declined to tease what information could be unveiled in the document release but said “There will be a story to tell” once the remaining documents become public.
Historians have disputed predictions that the thousands of remaining documents will unveil bombshell information regarding the assassination of the former president.
White House Deputy Press Secretary hints at JFK Files bombshell in today’s release
— UAP James (@UAPJames) March 18, 2025
“The American people are truly going to be shocked at what they see.” pic.twitter.com/xaWWlChCiy
It was Russia, CIA, the FBI: 10 JFK assassination conspiracies that refuse to die
Tuesday 18 March 2025 16:00 , Dominic SandbrookAs Donald Trump signs an executive order to declassify and release all remaining records relating to the assassination of President John F Kennedy, ‘The Rest is History’ podcaster and historian, Dominic Sandbrook, examines the conspiracies that still persist today – and why.
It was Russia, CIA, the FBI: 10 JFK assassination conspiracies that refuse to die
Files will become public on webpage when released
Tuesday 18 March 2025 15:45 , Ariana BaioThe remaining documents related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy can be seen on a National Archives webpage once the White House releases them.
Representative Anna Paulina Luna, who is leading the congressional task force to oversee the declassification of documents, said she received confirmation from the National Archives about where to view the documents.
I have received official confirmation from @USNatArchives—
— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) March 18, 2025
When the White House releases the JFK files they will be publicly available at the link below ⬇️https://t.co/lC1mfXmrtn 🔦
The White House has not provided an exact time they anticipate the documents to be released but Justice Department lawyers were given until noon on Tuesday to review materials, according to reports.
JFK, RFK and MLK: The conspiracies behind each assassination that continue to enthrall amateur sleuths
Tuesday 18 March 2025 15:30 , Rhian LubinConspiracy theories about the assassination of President John F Kennedy on that fateful day on November 22, 1963, have swirled for decades. But experts agree that the imminent release of the long-awaited JFK files, along with unreleased documents about the killings of Robert F Kennedy and civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr, is unlikely to quell the paranoia surrounding any of their murders.
New documents unlikely to change narrative around JFK assassination
Tuesday 18 March 2025 15:15 , Ariana BaioFor decades, conspiracy theories have swirled surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy – but historians have largely agreed that the release of the remaining documents is unlikely to upend the narrative that Lee Harvey Oswald fired fatal shots at Kennedy on November 22, 1963.
Most of the records related to the assassination have been released, according to the National Archives. Only a few thousand remain.
Kevin Boyle, a professor at Northwestern University told NPR in January that the remainder were “not going to reveal something new” about Kennedy’s assassination.
Fredrik Logevall, a JFK biographer, similarly said the documents were not going to “dramatically overturn” history’s understanding of the assassination but that there could be useful information in the materials.
Timeline in document releases so far
Tuesday 18 March 2025 15:00 , Ariana Baio1992: The federal government mandates all assassination-related documents be housed in the NARA and most be released by 2017, barring any exemptions by the president.
July 2017: NARA releases 3,810 documents and 17 audio files related to the Kennedy assassination.
October 2017: NARA releases 2,891 records related to the Kennedy assassination. Trump ordered the release of additional records by April 18, 2018 but withholds some due to national security concerns.
November 2017: NARA releases 11,420 records related to the Kennedy assassination. Of those, around 2,400 contain redactions
December 2017: NARA releases 3,539 documents related to the Kennedy assassination
April 2018: NARA releases 19,045 records related to the Kennedy assassination
October 2021: Former president Joe Biden orders for records containing national security information to be withheld while allowing other documents to be released
December 2021: NARA releases 18,870 records per Biden’s order
December 2022: NARA releases 13,173 records related to the Kennedy assassination
August 2023: NARA releases 2,693 records between April and August 2023
January 2025: Trump signs executive order directing the government to declassify documents related to the Kennedy assassination.
DoJ lawyers were ordered to review records ‘urgently’ on Monday evening: report
Tuesday 18 March 2025 14:55 , Ariana BaioThe Justice Department ordered some of its lawyers to “urgently” review records from the assassination of former president John F. Kennedy that the president ordered to be released on Tuesday, Reuters reported.
In an email sent to attorneys working in the Operations Section of the Office of Intelligence, by Christopher Robinson, a National Security Division official, on Monday evening, lawyers were told to review between 400 and 500 documents each.
Lawyers were given until noon on Tuesday to complete the review which includes records related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy as well as his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.
What to know about the JFK files before they are released
Tuesday 18 March 2025 14:45 , Katie HawkinsonPresident Donald Trump has ordered the declassification of all files related to the 1963 assassination of then-president John F. Kennedy - and FBI officials say they have found thousands more pages of docs ready for the public.
But should the world expect much from them?
The answer is murky, at best.
Everything we know about the JFK files set to be declassified under Trump
Welcome to The Independent’s live blog coverage of the John F. Kennedy assassination files release.
Tuesday 18 March 2025 14:28 , Ariana BaioThe president said he would release approximately 80,000 documents related to the assassination today. He did not clarify what new information may be included in that.
