President Trump said Saturday he would allow the release of confidential files related to the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy.
“Subject to the receipt of further information, I will be allowing, as President, the long blocked and classified JFK FILES to be opened,” Trump tweeted.
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Thousands of documents related to Kennedy’s assassination are set to be released by the National Archives next week in compliance with the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, which states that the federal government must release them by Oct. 26, 2017.
Politico Magazine reported Friday that Trump administration officials were concerned that some of the documents created in the 1990s contain information on recent U.S. intelligence programs and might not be released.
White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters told the publication the White House is aiming “to ensure that the maximum amount of data can be released to the public” under the act.
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Trump says he'll allow thousands of JFK assassination files to be released https://t.co/QfTldQ2toI pic.twitter.com/PPBCGaMkGv
— The Hill (@thehill) October 21, 2017
Trump was under pressure from CIA to block release of some JFK assassination documents on national security grounds https://t.co/alWDvfC7mv pic.twitter.com/8udL3341iT
— POLITICO (@politico) October 21, 2017
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