Overview

• The US National Archives has made 80,000 previously classified documents on John F. Kennedy's assassination publicly available online.
• This release fulfills Donald Trump's January 2025 directive for a full and unredacted disclosure of the records.
• Historians and experts are reviewing the documents but do not expect groundbreaking insights into the 1963 assassination.
• Some files remain classified due to national security concerns, including risks to intelligence operations and foreign relations.
• Future releases are planned for documents related to the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.