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Over 60,000 RFK Assassination Files Released in Major Transparency Push

Newly declassified records, digitized by the ODNI, reveal FBI investigation details and LAPD interviews, with further releases expected.

Robert Kennedy, chief counsel of the Senate Labor Rackets Committee on investigations is shown at the hearing on March 19, 1957 in Washington at a hearing.
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Overview

  • The Trump administration, supported by RFK Jr., has released over 60,000 pages of documents on Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 assassination, following a January executive order.
  • The files, digitized by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), are now publicly accessible on the National Archives website.
  • The records include FBI memos, internal progress reports, and LAPD interviews with Sirhan Sirhan and eyewitnesses, offering previously inaccessible investigative details.
  • This release is the second tranche, following an initial 10,000-document release in April, with additional records to be disclosed as they are located and processed.
  • While the documents provide new access to historical materials, it remains unclear if they will alter prevailing conclusions about Sirhan Sirhan's role in the assassination.