Investigators estimate that about 3,000 records were not disclosed, in whole or in part
The remaining US government records about the murder of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, who shocked the United States and the world and gave rise to numerous theories and speculation, were released on Tuesday by the Trump administration.
The measure follows an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in January, determining the release of the other records of JFK murders, as well as his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
The vast majority of the US National Archive collection about John F. Kennedy, with over 6 million pages of records, photographs, movies, sound recordings and murder -related artifacts, had been previously released.
Trump told reporters on Monday that his administration would release 80,000 documents, although it is not clear how many of these are among the millions of pages of records that have been made public.
“We have a tremendous amount of paper. There is a lot of reading,” said Trump, visiting John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington.
Investigators estimate that about 3,000 records have not been disclosed in whole or in part. And last month, the FBI (Federal Police) said it had discovered about 2,400 new registrations related to murder.
Many of those who have studied what has been released so far by the government say that the public should not expect any revelation silly from the recently released documents, but there is still an intense interest in details related to the murder and the events around him.
The January Order of Trump instructed the National Intelligence Director and the Attorney General to develop a plan to publicize the records.
Kennedy was killed on November 22, 1963, during a visit to Dallas. While his entourage ended his parade route in the city center, he was heard at the Texas School Book Depository building.
Police detained Lee Harvey Oswald, who was in a gunman position on the sixth floor. Two days later, the owner of the disco Jack Ruby fatally fired on Oswald during a transfer from the prison.
A year after the murder, the Warren commission, created by President Lyndon B. Johnson to investigate the incident, concluded that Oswald acted alone and that there was no conspiracy evidence. But this has not ended a network of alternative theories over the decades.
In the early 1990s, the federal government determined that all documents related to the murder be stored in a single collection in the National Archives and Registration Administration. The collection should be available until 2017, except for possible exemptions designated by the president.
Trump, who took his first term in 2017, said he would allow all the remaining records to release, but eventually retain some because of what he called potential damage to national security.
Although files were still released during the administration of President Joe Biden, some remained invisible.
