The FBI announces the discovery of 2,400 additional records related to the JFK assassination
SUMMARY
The FBI has announced the discovery of 2,400 new records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, in compliance with President Trump's recent executive order to release declassified files. These records, which will be transferred to the National Archives, come from the FBI’s yearslong effort to inventory and store closed case files. While the nature of the new files remains unclear, they are part of an ongoing release of documents related to the 1963 assassination. The National Archives holds over 5 million pages of JFK-related documents, though about 3,000 files remain partially or fully classified. Jefferson Morley of the Mary Ferrell Foundation called the FBI's disclosure "refreshingly candid," encouraging other agencies to follow suit. While some of the newly found documents may repeat those already in the Archives, others could shed light on intelligence operations, particularly related to Lee Harvey Oswald's connections to the Soviet Union and Cuba.
