Trump announces release of documents on Kennedy's assassination

According to the US leader, all files related to the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, will be announced and made public on March 18.

"People have been waiting for decades for this," Trump stated during his speech at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

He added that he had instructed the responsible officials, a team of various experts assembled by US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, to prepare these materials, which will be released tomorrow.

President Trump announces that the JFK Files will be released tomorrow:

"People have been waiting for decades for this." pic.twitter.com/VrXDy2saRz

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Trump's order on declassifying Kennedy assassination documents

During his first presidential term, Trump ordered agencies in 2017 to revise certain files, including declassifying data related to the assassination of the 35th US president, John F. Kennedy. At that time, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) published 2,891 documents linked to the high-profile case for the first time.

However, at the request of US executive agencies and departments, Trump decided to temporarily withhold some documents from the secret archive, citing potential risks to national security.

It is worth noting that in October 2017, the 25-year confidentiality period for the Kennedy assassination archive was set to expire.

Additionally, on January 23, Trump issued an order to declassify the Kennedy assassination documents.

In February, Axios reported that following Trump's directive, the FBI discovered thousands of classified records related to Kennedy’s assassination.