President Donald Trump announced on Monday that his administration will release approximately 80,000 pages of documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Tuesday afternoon. Trump emphasized the public's long-standing desire for transparency, stating, “People have been waiting decades for this,” during a visit to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington.

Trump, who has consistently promised to release unredacted documents, remarked, “I don’t believe we’re going to redact anything,” indicating that this release aims to fulfill his earlier commitments. Following his inauguration, he signed an executive order mandating the disclosure of all government records related to the assassinations of Kennedy, his brother Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., another significant figure assassinated in 1968.

In recent months, the FBI had reportedly uncovered around 2,400 documents that had been previously classified as irrelevant, which are now part of the current release process. Trump reassured reporters that the material would be comprehensive, stating, “You got a lot of reading,” suggesting that the information could shed light on various conspiracy theories surrounding JFK’s assassination.

The historical context of this announcement is significant; the 1992 President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act mandated the public release of such documents, though exceptions for national security concerns have delayed some disclosures through the years. To date, the National Archives has released around 99% of the roughly 320,000 files previously maintained, yet thousands remain fully or partially withheld.

Nonetheless, public skepticism has emerged regarding the effectiveness of this release. Critics highlight that similar past commitments from Trump resulted in withheld documents, and many are questioning whether the upcoming disclosure will indeed reveal significant new insights. Historian and public interest groups eagerly await the release, hoping it may finally provide clarity on the circumstances surrounding an event that has long been shrouded in mystery and conspiracy theories.

For more details, refer to the Times of India article on the subject.