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James Hoffa’s Son Demands Trump Declassify FBI Files on 50th Anniversary

He says full release would break decades of secrecy to guide investigators toward long-elusive answers.

FILE - James R. Hoffa, former president of the Teamsters Union, testifies at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on parole procedures, in Washington, Oct. 19, 1972. (AP Photo, File)
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FILE - Former Teamster's President James Hoffa leaves the Lewisberg, Penn., penitentiary on Dec. 23, 1971 after having his sentence commuted by President Richard Nixon. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - Teamster President Jimmy Hoffa, makes an appearance at a hearing in 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Dec. 14, 1964. (AP Photo/Gene Smith, File)

Overview

  • On July 30, James P. Hoffa publicly called on President Trump to declassify all remaining FBI files on his father’s 1975 disappearance.
  • The FBI maintains the case is active and has refused to lift redactions on thousands of pages of documents.
  • Despite high-profile digs in Michigan and New Jersey, Hoffa’s remains have never been found and no charges have been filed.
  • Investigators have narrowed primary suspects to Detroit Mafia figures Vito “Billy Jack” Giacalone and Anthony “Tony Pal” Palazzolo.
  • Barbara Crancer and the Detroit Free Press secured partial releases of Hoffa files through FOIA lawsuits in the 1980s and 2000s, but key records remain sealed.