The National Archives has concluded its review of the classified documents in former President John F. Kennedy's assassination, and 99% of them are now available to the public.
released more than 14,000 documents related to Kennedy's assassination by December, which is when the president ordered a six-month review of the remaining records. More than 2,600 documents have been released since, including 1,103 that were posted publicly on Tuesday.
Nearly 13,000 documents on the attack were ordered to be made public by the administration in December and 1,500 more documents were released 12 months prior.Karine Jean-Pierre said Friday that the president's memo on the newest batch of documents was released as part of the administration's"continued commitment to government transparency."
"Under President Biden's leadership, agencies have fully declassified over 16,000 records since 2021," she said in a press briefing."This action reflects his instruction that all information related to President Kennedy’s assassination should be released, except when the strongest possible reasons council otherwise."
Biden said in his memo that the archivist recommended in May the continued use of agencies' transparency plans to release information covered by the JFK Records Act.
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