What to Know About the JFK Files and Why They're Being Released Now
Briefly

President Trump has taken significant interest in the assassination of John F. Kennedy and has initiated actions to fully release government documents pertaining to it. On recent Tuesday, he announced the release of previously undisclosed pages, asserting they will provide conclusive answers about JFK’s assassination. This effort, however, has been met with skepticism from historians regarding the novelty of the information that will be revealed. Trump's directive also includes the future release of records related to the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, highlighting a call for transparency decades after these events.
President Trump has long obsessed over the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and tried, during his first administration, to fully release all government documents related to his death in 1963.
More than more than 50 years after these assassinations, a White House fact sheet said, the victims' families and the American people deserve the truth.
Historians are skeptical that much new will be revealed as Mr. Trump released more pages on Tuesday evening, claiming they will finally answer every question about the assassination.
Officials have provided no timeline of their plans to make those files public, despite Trump's directive aiming for transparency on the assassinations.
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