Former President Donald Trump stated he would release all the files related to former President John F. Kennedy's assassination if reelected in 2024. Trump's statement follows after Democrat Party challenger, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said last week that there was "overwhelming" evidence that the CIA was involved in his uncle's murder.
"I released a lot, as you know. And I will release everything else," Trump stated to The Messenger on Monday.
In 2018, the Trump administration wrote in a memo that records pertaining to JFK's assassination were withheld because "certain information should continue to be redacted because of identifiable national security, law enforcement, and foreign affairs concerns."
"I agree with the Archivist's recommendation," the memo continued, adding "that the continued withholdings are necessary to protect against identifiable harm to national security, law enforcement, or foreign affairs that is of such gravity that it outweighs the public interest in immediate disclosure. I am also ordering agencies to re-review each of those redactions over the next 3 years. At any time during that review period, and no later than the end of that period, agencies shall disclose information that no longer warrants continued withholding."
