JFK secret files: National Archives releases records on President John F. Kennedy's assassination - Axios

President John F. Kennedy successful a convertible limousine successful Dallas. Photo: Getty Images

The National Archives connected Thursday released thousands of secret documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Driving the news: In a memo, President Biden authorized much than 70% of the astir 16,000 remaining files connected JFK's decease to "now beryllium released successful full." The determination came aft a "comprehensive effort to review" the files implicit the past year, Biden stated.

• Biden said each documents connected JFK's assassination should beryllium shared with the nationalist "except erstwhile the strongest imaginable reasons counsel otherwise."
• "The profound nationalist calamity of President Kennedy's assassination continues to resonate successful American past and successful the memories of truthful galore Americans who were live connected that unspeakable day," the memo stated.

What they're saying: "President Biden believes each accusation related to President Kennedy's assassination should beryllium released to the top grade possible, accordant with again, nationalist security," White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday.

• She said Biden has called for the merchandise of each redacted accusation erstwhile "the ground for the continued regularisation of that accusation nary longer outweighs the nationalist interest."

Catch up quick: Last year, Biden postponed the release of the trove of documents, citing the pandemic.

• At the time, Biden asked the National Archives to behaviour a one-year reappraisal of the documents earlier they were released. That one-year deadline expired Thursday.
• In October, the Mary Ferrell Foundation sued the Biden medication to unit the records' release.

Worth noting: More than 70% of voters wanted Biden to merchandise the concealed records of Kennedy's assassination, according to a poll — done by the Democratic pollster Fernand Amandi, a JFK assassination expert.

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