Previously classified documents relating to the 1963 assassination of then President John F. Kennedy were released late Tuesday evening following an executive order by President Donald Trump. The National Archives released millions of pages, most of which were already public.

Trump said that 80,000 files were released, but it is unclear how many of those have already been made public. “We have a tremendous amount of paper. You’ve got a lot of reading,” he said while visiting the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington.

Approximately 3,000 records related to the presidential assassination had not been released, and the FBI recently discovered 2,400 more, reported the Associated Press.

According to Jefferson Morley, vice president of the Mary Ferrell Foundation which maintains a database on JFK assassination files, the release left out two-thirds of promised documents, reported the Independent. 

JFK was the 35th president of the United States who was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade in Dallas Texas on November 22, 1963. Following the shooting, the motorcade rushed to a nearby hospital where Kennedy was pronounced dead approximately 30 minutes later.

President-elect Donald Trump will repeal “every radical and foolish executive order” signed by the Biden administration.

He also vows to release documents on the assassinations of former president John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., a beloved human rights activist. pic.twitter.com/7Z2d8g4UOT

— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) January 19, 2025

Many experts believe the newly released documents won't contain shocking revelations, but interest in the JFK assassination remains high. 

President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the shooting but was killed by Jack Ruby two days later. 

The Warren Commission later concluded that Oswald alone assassinated JFK, but alternative theories persist.

By 2017, all documents related to the assassination had to be disclosed publicly, unless a sitting president made exemptions. Files continued to be released under the Biden administration, though some remained unseen.

Trump promised to release all remaining JFK files during his first term, but withheld some, citing national security concerns. Some files remained unseen even under President Joe Biden.

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