Arizona Congressman David Schweikert and his fellow sponsors of the Justice for Kennedy (JFK) Act, Rep. Tim Burchett, and Rep. Steve Cohen are celebrating the Trump Administration’s release of over 1,100 individual PDF files of the JFK assassination documents on Tuesday.
“It’s been 61 years since the tragic murder of President John F. Kennedy. A truly functioning republic ensures Americans have access to information, and this moment symbolizes the long-awaited restoration of the people’s trust in the federal government,” said Schweikert. “I applaud the Trump Administration for following suit with our Justice for Kennedy Act and requiring all assassination records be unclassified and unredacted.”“I am happy that after decades of questions from the public and government cover-ups that the American people finally may have answers to the JFK assassination. President Trump is once again showing his commitment to having the most transparent administration this country has ever seen,” said Congressman Burchett.
“It’s too soon to know whether there’s much in the documents released today, but it is a good sign that some progress toward the goal of full disclosure is under way,” said Cohen. “The assassinations of the 1960s need to be understood in their full historical context and the documents being released may help us get there.”
“Today’s release needs to include removing the many unnecessary redactions in the JFK files current held at the National Archives. I appreciate Congressman Schweikert’s years of work pushing Administrations of both parties to provide more government transparency on the Assassination of President Kennedy, especially from the CIA,” said Jeff Morley, a former Washington Post reporter and Co-founder & Editor of JFK Facts.
The Justice for Kennedy (JFK) Act was released back in January of this year, directing the heads of certain departments and agencies of the Federal Government to publicly disclose all assassination records and information relevant to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Before today’s release, it was estimated that anywhere from 3,000 to 4,000 records were yet to be fully released, with 515 documents being withheld from the public completely, according to the National Archives.
In the early 1990s, the federal government mandated that all assassination-related documents be housed in a single collection in the National Archives and Records Administration.
The collection of over 5 million records was required to be opened by 2017, barring any exemptions designated by the president.
The Department of Justice must petition any court in the United States or in a foreign country to publicly disclose in such form any assassination record and information relevant to the assassination of President Kennedy that is held under seal of the court or under the injunction of secrecy of a grand jury.
Are we just going to ignore the law that said the files were to be released in 2017? Trump and Biden administration’s delayed their release for years. This release was just years in the making and required by law.
If there is nothing in the files that is incriminating, then there was NO REASON to keep the files classified for all that time and going through machinations to prevent their release.
if the finger points at Russia or China – does that finger push the button?
Johnson was a leech !
I’ll place my bet now – from what I’ve listen to – there’s noting here that has not been released previous – some redacted information of live people – personal stuff – but not any jaw dropping – world changing stuff. I like the Garrison theory of the MIC killing him, the RVN war starting with the Gulf of Ton kin incident ‘the next day’! RVN was just a part of WWII unfinished business – the FRENCH lost it – they should have NEVER BEEN GIVEN the Vietnam in the first place – HO beat JAPAN – RFK – was killed for military contract money. He wrote a letter in 55 NEVER GO. We had UDT in 56 already fighting – I’ve met them directly. In 70-71 I was there.. same places over again.