The U.S. government has released more than 30,000 pages of previously classified documents related to the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy (JFK) following an order from President Donald Trump on Tuesday.
The National Archives announced that previously unreleased records on JFK’s assassination would now be accessible at its facility in Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
The released documents include 1,123 PDF files containing typed reports and handwritten notes.
However, it remains uncertain whether these newly declassified documents will provide any new insights into lingering questions, such as whether Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in JFK’s assassination.
Historians do not expect any major revelations or contradictions regarding the widely accepted fact that President Kennedy was killed by a lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald, while riding in an open-top motorcade in Dallas, Texas.
Following Trump’s order, additional classified documents related to the 1968 assassinations of Senator Robert Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. are also expected to be released.
Previously, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) stated that Trump’s directive had led to the discovery of approximately 2,400 new documents that had not yet been made public.
Meanwhile, President Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in downtown Dallas, Texas, while participating in a motorcade with his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy. He was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine. Two days later, nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot and killed Oswald while he was being transferred to jail, fueling numerous conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination.
